Georges Emile Henri Servant Decorative Objects

Cage clock of the Art Nouveau period in bronze and polychrome cloisonné enamels, of oriental style. The bronze structure is gilded, coppered, and decorated in places with acanthus leaves and flowers. The whole mechanism is surrounded by six columns with richly flowered motifs, four of which form feet. Each shaft ends in a button shape in a very oriental taste. The round dial has a green marble center and displays the hours in Roman numerals. It bears a signature on the front, "SERVANT FILS & J, Paris". This 1900 clock testifies to the attraction for the Orient and the Orientalist aesthetic which experienced a considerable boom in Western countries throughout the 19th century. Circa: 1900 Base dimensions: 27 cm x 19 cm (10.63 in x 7.48 in) Overall dimensions: W: 27cm, D: 19cm, H: 44cm. Overall dimensions: W: 10.6in, D: 7.5in, H: 17.3in. The technique of cloisonne enamels Cloisonné is a technique for making objects with enamel decoration surrounded by curved copper wires. This ancestral process originated in the Arabian Peninsula and was imported into China in the 13th century. Craftsmen quickly appropriated this technique and developed it to the point of making it a typically Chinese art which had its golden age during the Ming dynasty. The Chinese cloisonné is found on many objects such as vases, bowls or chests and fascinates by its impressive number of partitions that give it a rich and unique decoration. From the 14th century onwards, Peking enamels...

An incredibly fine casting of Isis, this coveted model is a rare find on the open market. The queen is depicted with a cool and calm demeanor, her eyes betraying no emotion or sentiment as she looks to an infinite point in the distance. Her attire is regal with a golden crown stylized as a bird and a vast choker necklace with incised designs and tear-drop embellishments being finished in brilliant gold while the rest of her body is patinated in near black. The casting quality is typical of Servant with extraordinary care shown to even the slightest details, perfect skin and surfaces throughout, crisp eyelids and minute jeweler-grade incised detailing. The bust was retailed in many different configurations - set over a clock, standing alone as a bronze, standing alone as a bronze over an angular marble base and as a pair of bronze busts set over marble bases together with her pharaoh Ramses. The present model surmounts its original mantel clock, this a distinctly neoclassical trapezoidal form with stepped levels of alternating sienna marble and Egyptian black marble, the overall body being finished in the sienna marble with deep incised lines set at equal intervals around the black marble clock face gilt-incised with opposing Phoenix birds. The original movement is sealed with the Japy Freres marking and retains its original pendulum, though it has not been tested for operation, accuracy or duration. Pierre-Eugéne-Emile Hebert...

Model presented at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition. (Reproduced and commented in “Merveilles de l’Exposition Universelle de 1867”, Jules Mesnard, p° 167 & 168) A Neo-Grec orm...

While there are many opinions regarding the identity of the bust, the two predominant theories are that it is General Ajax or the bust portion of the sculpture “Menelaus Supporting t...

An exceptional presentation piece depicting the Greek goddess Thetis, the figure is executed by Pierre Emile Hébert in collaboration with the bronze fonde...

Georges Henri Emille Servant (1828-1890) figural clock surmounted with associated gilt bronze sculpture Siddende Ung Kvinde med Skrin (from Dutch "Seated Young Woman with Box&qu...