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Pair of Porte-Torchères in the Manner of Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of bronze and Belge Noir marble porte-torchères in the manner of Barbedienne.
French, circa 1870.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Torchères
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Bacchanalian Vases
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of patinated bronze bacchanalian vases, after Clodion.
Cast after the design by Clodion, the vases are modelled with masks depicting chimerical ibex flanked by laurel ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Vases
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Sèvres-style Napoleonic Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Sèvres-style napoleonic gilt bronze mounted cobalt-blue ground porcelain vases.
Signed by the artist 'H. Desprez Sevres'.
Each vase is of inverted ovoid form finely painted all-over with Napoleonic battle...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Vases
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Patinated Bronze Busts
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of patinated bronze busts.
French, circa 1870.
Category
Antique 1870s French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Revival Twin-Light Lustre Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Empire revival gilt and patinated bronze twin-light lustre candelabra.
Each candelabra has a concave tripartite base with winged paw fee...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Candelabras
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Exhibition Quality Sèvres-Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional and important pair of exhibition quality gilt bronze mounted Sèvres-style porcelain vases and covers.
Signed ‘Lucot’.
This exceptional pair of vases are of inver...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Ormolu
Cut-Crystal and Silver Plated Centrepiece by Baccarat, circa 1890
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An elegant cut-crystal and silver plated centrepieceby La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.
Stamped to the underside with the Baccarat cachet.
This large centrepiece is of oval form with a silver-plated basketweave frame with scrolled handles and centred to the front with courting doves. It is raised on foliate cast toupee feet and inset with a hob-nail cut crystal basin...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Green Cipollino Marble Vases, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine pair of gilt-bronze mounted green cipollino marble vases.
Each vase is of baluster form the marble body encircled by laurel and vine le...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Patinated Bronze Models of the Townley Vase Cast by Delafontaine
By AUGUST MAXIMILIEN DELAFONTAINE
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of patinated bronze models of the townley vase, cast after the antique, by Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine.
The bronze stamped to the under...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Classical Roman Vases
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figure of 'La Nature Se Dévoilant Devant La Science'
By Louis Ernest Barrias
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Bronze figure of 'La Nature se dévoilant devant la Science' by Louis-Ernest Barrias.
Inscribed 'E. Barrias' and with Susse Frères foundry cachet and further Susse inscription.
Thi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne
By Louis-Constant Sevin, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoleon III gilt-bronze and porcelain mounted clock garniture, designed by Louis-Constant Sévin, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, The Movement by Japy Frères.
Frédéric Japy ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Porcelain Mounted Figural Clock, Allegorical of the Arts
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain mounted figural clock, Allegorical of the Arts.
The dial signed 'Colin, Paris'.
The movement stamped 'Vincenti et Cie'.
...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Sèvres Style Blue Ground Gilt Metal Mounted Circular Box and Cover
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Sèvres style blue ground gilt metal mounted circular box and cover.
A Sèvres style blue ground gilt metal mounted circular box and cover, painted with a quarter-length portrait ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Patinated Bronze and Marble Urns
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of patinated bronze and rouge griotte marble urns and covers, in the manner of Clodion.
Of fine patina each urn has an ovoid shaped body cast in high relief with vine ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Urns
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Annular Dial Clock in the Manner of Lepaute, French, circa 1890
By Jean-André Lepaute 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marble annular dial pedestal clock in the manner of Jean-André and Jean-Baptiste Lepaute, attributed to Dufaud, Paris.
The eight-day twin-train movement with circular plates and lateral lever escapement on a gilt platform, with cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring and index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell.
The dial having twin revolving chapter rings with white enamel cartouches with Roman numerals on a revolving ring, with a revolving minute ring above with Arabic numerals, the time indicated by Cupid pointing with an arrow.
This fine annular dial or ‘cercles tournants’ clock...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI More Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Famille Rose Charger by Samson et Cie
By Edmé Samson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Massive Famille Rose Charger by Samson, Edmé et Cie.
A Massive Samson Famille Rose Charger, brightly enamelled to the interior with a medallion...
Category
Antique 1890s French Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
'The Temptation' by Eugene-Victor Cherrier
By Eugène-Victor Cherrier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'The Temptation' by Eugene-Victor Cherrier.
A fine patinated bronze ewer modeled in high relief depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Sig...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Marble Cassolettes
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze and marble Cassolettes.
Each with a Verde antico marble urn and cover embellished with foliate garlands and berried finial, supported on ram'...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Jewellery Box on Stand Attributed to Giroux
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine transitional style gilt-bronze and Sèvres style porcelain mounted Jewelry box on stand, attributed to Alphonse Giroux.
This exquisite pe...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Napoléon III Sèvres, Style Three-Piece Garniture Set, French, circa 1870
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoléon III gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres style garniture set. Comprising a centrepiece and a pair of vases with lids, by 'Robert'.
Each pai...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Glass Tazza, French, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and glass Tazza.
French, circa 1870.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Agate Glass Tazza, French, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and agate glass tazza.
French, circa 1870.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Cartel d'Applique After Jacques Caffieri. French, circa 1870
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze cartel d'Applique, after a model by Jacques Caffieri.
The white enamel dial inscribed 'Thiout Lainé/A PARIS', wit...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
By Claude Michel Clodion, Susse Freres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze seven-light candelabra, after a model by Clodion, Cast by Suse Frères.
Stamped 'Susse Fres'.
The candelabra are in the form of patinat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt and Patinated Bronze Neoclassical Style Vase, French, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and finely cast gilt and patinated bronze neoclassical style vase.
This impressive vase is of oval shape with gilt and patinated bronze decoration of classical figures and...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Figural Clock Garniture by Maison Baguès French circa 1870
By Maison Baguès
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt and Patinated bronze figural clock garniture by Maison Baguès.
This rare example of a clock garniture by Maison Baguès has a twin train eight-day movement striking on a bell.
The garniture consists of a clock and a pair of candelabra en suite.
The clock has a Rococo cast case surmounted by a patinated bronze putto playing a lyre, above a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and pierced hands. The dial inscribed 'Eug Bagues, Paris'. The case terminates in four scrolling legs put down on an acanthus cast plinth base.
The candelabra en suite have gilt bronze pierced acanthus cast bases supporting patinated bronze putti each holding aloft three scrolling acanthus arms terminating in circular and foliate cast drip trays and nozzles.
Maison Baguès
The Baguès Company, located at 31, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes.
By 1880 the company had expanded into the production of bronze light fixtures in response to the development of electrical lighting. Carried on by Noël’s son Eugène and grandsons Victor and Robert, Maison Baguès continued to progress, adding intricately detailed iron lighting collections in the 1920s as well as stair banisters...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
'Le Puits Qui Parle' an Exhibition Bronze, Paul Eugène Mengin French, circa 1900
By Susse Freres, Paul Eugène Mengin 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Le Puits Qui Parle' (The Speaking Well) - An Important Exhibition Bronze Group, by Paul Eugène Mengin.
Signed to the cast 'P MENGIN', and inscri...
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional pair of restoration period gilt-bronze allegorical groups depicting music and wine.
Each group is set on a naturalistically modelled base and finely modelled and ch...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Figural Groups. French, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional pair of restoration period gilt-bronze figural groups, allegorical of hunting and fishing.
Each group is set on a naturalistically modelled base and finely modelled...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Revival Gilt-Brass and Agate Dressing Table Box. French, c 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Renaissance Revival gilt-brass and agate mounted dressing table box.
French, circa 1870.
This fine box is applied with foliate engraved strap-work and side handles and finely po...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Encrier by Paul Sormani, French c 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XV Style gilt bronze Encrier, By Paul Sormani.
French, circa 1870.
Signed 'P. Sormani, Paris' to the underside of the cover.
Thi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Double-Faced Clock. French, c 1870
By Julien Le Roy
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Napoléon III gilt bronze double-faced clock.
The white enameled dial signed 'Julien Le Roy A PARIS'.
This rare Rococo style figural clock h...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Gilt-Bronze Clock Depicting Diana the Huntress. French, c 1820
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire Period gilt bronze clock depicting Diana the huntress.
The dial signed 'Thomas a Paris'.
The white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Breguet hands, the case sur...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
'Bacchantes', a Fine Patinated Bronze Figural Group After Clodion, circa 1870
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Bacchantes', a fine patinated bronze figural group after Claude Michael Clodion, French (1738-1814).
French, circa 1870.
Signed 'Clodion' to the base and inscribed 'BACCHANTE...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Vases in the Manner of Pierre Gouthière
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Incarnat Turquin marble vases in the manner of Pierre Gouthière.
Each vase is mounted with finely cast gilt bronze fema...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Clock, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and champlevé enamel clock.
French, circa 1880.
The movement with impressed stamp to the backplate 'Vincenti et Cie 'Médaille D'Argent 1855', 'PARIS'.
Thi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Urns Attributed to Maxime Secrétant, circa 1890
By Maxime Secretant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted Bleu Turquin marble urns with Satyr masks, attributed to Maxime Secrétant.
French, circa 1890. ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set comprising a pair of candelabra and a brûle-parfum and cover.
French, circa 1890.
The brûle -parfum or censor with a domed champlevé enamel lid above a gilt bronze pierced guilloche border with ram's head mounts supported by a baluster column flanked by seated putti finely cast with musical instruments on a circular base. The candelabra en suite having a pair of of putti figures supporting candlearms with circular champlevé enamel drip trays and sconces.
Champlevé enamelling, is similar to cloisonné in that the enamel is applied to discrete cells separated by metal. However, in champlevé, cells or troughs are cast into or cut away from the metal base, leaving a raised metal line between the cells which forms the outline of a design. The cells are then filled with molten or powdered glass and fired.
Height of central vase: 25 cm
Width of central vase: 15 cm...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
François Truphème (1820 -1880) - 'Moses and Jochebed'
By François Truphème, Thiebaut Freres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Moses and Jochebed - A Fine Patinated Bronze Figural Group After A Model by 'François Truphème', Cast by 'Thiebaut Frères'.
Signed 'Fois Truphème 1863' and 'fdu par Vor Thiebaut'....
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cartel Clock and Barometer, After Carlin, circa 1870
By Martin Carlin
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany cartel clock and barometer, after the model by Martin Carlin.
French, circa 1870.
The dial sig...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Important and Monumental Louis-Philippe Verre Opaline Vase, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important and monumental Louis-Philippe Verre opaline vase.
French, circa 1830.
Standing at almost 54 inches (136 cm) this impressive vase is in white opaline glass with per...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Vases
Materials
Opaline Glass
‘Mosè Salvato Dalle Acque’. An Important Marble Group By Pietro Bazzanti
By Pietro Bazzanti
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Pietro Bazzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) - ‘Mosè Salvato Dalle Acque’.
An Important Exhibition Florentine Marble Group of Moses Rescued from the Waters, on a carved Rosso Levanto Pedest...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Gilt & Patinated Bronze Figural Torcheres by Bouchon, Paris, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Belle Epoque Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Torchères, By Bouhon Frères, Paris.
Each modelled as winged male and female genies emblematic of fame. The female figure hol...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Torchères
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Six-Light Candelabra Attributed to Escalier De Cristal circa 1819
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A remarkable and highly important pair of Empire gilt-bronze and cut-crystal six-light candelabra attributed to Escalier De Cristal De Paris.
French, circa 1819.
This exceptional pair of candelabra can almost certainly be attributed to the workshops of l'Escalier de Cristal de Paris. They relate in particular to a dressing table and chair, now in the collection of the Louvre, which formed part of a toilette suite that was exhibited by L'Escalier de Cristal at the 1819 Paris exhibition of the Produits de l'industrie. The present candelabra may very likely have been made as part of this suite.
In 'Baccarat: La Legende du Cristal', it states: "A l'Exposition des produits de l'industrie française de 1819, Mme Désarnaud présente une toilette, une cheminée, deux grands candélabres, deux tables, une grande pendule et plusieurs vases, en cristal et bronze...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Elaborate Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clock, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An elaborate Louis XV style gilt-bronze cartel clock.
French, circa 1890.
Surmounted by a Bacchanalian figure, this elaborately cast cartel clock has a white enamel circular d...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Figural Torchères, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of patinated bronze figural torchères.
French, circa 1890.
Each torchere is finely modelled and cast in the form of an expre...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Torchères
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mounted octagonal table box.
French, circa 1890.
This fine porcelain and gilt bronze-mounted box has an octagonal ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
'The Juggler', an Art Deco Bronze Figure, by Claire J. R. Colinet, circa 1925
By Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'The Juggler' - A fine Art Deco silvered bronze figure, by Claire J. R. Colinet.
French, circa 1925.
Engraved to base 'CL J.R. Colinet'.
This dramatic and large silvered b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilt-Bronze Mounted ‘Boulle’ Cartel Clock and Barometer Set, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional gilt bronze mounted cut-brass and tortoiseshell-Inlaid ‘Boulle’ Cartel Clock and Barometer Set.
French, circa 1890.
Each surm...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Patinated Bronze Figure of a Native American Scout by Carl Kauba, circa 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine patinated bronze figure of a Native American scout by Carl Kauba.
Austrian, circa 1910.
Signed in the cast 'Carl Kauba'.
The figure cast as an American Native scou...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock, Circa 1890
By Vincenti et Cie
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock.
French, Circa 1890.
Stamped ‘Medaille d’Argent Vincenti & Cie 1855’ and with the initials ‘L.R’.
This fine clock or timepiece has a spring-driven eight-day twin train movement by Vicenti et Cie, striking on a gong.
The gilt-bronze case is of square-section with a stepped pediment surmounted by musical trophies above a Vitruvian scroll frieze and rosettes to each corner, below is a circular enamel dial with Arabic numerals and floral swags, set within a finely painted iridescent green enamel panel depicting a courting couple in conversation. The sides are similarly painted with fair maidens in a wooded landscape and the back cast with strap-work and Vitruvian scrolls; a circular hinged door opening to reveal the movement.
Vincenti was a much respected clock maker, a Corsican who set up in 1823 in Montbeliard using machinery of his own design.
Following his death in 1834 his business was carried on by Roux et Cie...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Bronze Figure of a Native American Scout with Rifle by Carl Kauba, circa 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine patinated bronze figure of a Native American scout with rifle, by Carl Kauba.
Austrian, circa 1910.
Signed in the cast 'Carl Kauba'.
The figure cast as an American...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Ten-Light Candelabra After Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard, Circa 1870
By Henri Picard, Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair Of Gilt-Bronze And White Marble Ten-Light Candelabra After The Model by Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard.
French, Circa 1870.
The gilt-bronze variously stamped 'P...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Cup and Covers by John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, circa 1825
By Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An unusual pair of George IV silver-gilt cup and covers by John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell.
English, circa 1824-1826.
Hallmarks for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Vases
Materials
Silver
Empire Clock in the Form of a Classical Urn, by Maison Lepautre, circa 1825
By Pierre-Basile Lepaute
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A gilt bronze Empire clock in the form of a classical urn, by Maison Lepautre.
French, circa 1825.
The dial signed 'Lepaute a Paris'.
The clock has an ornate cast bezel with a 3-inch porcelain dial with Roman numerals and Breguet style hands. The twin train eight-day movement with outside count wheel striking on a bell and silk thread suspension.
This elegant Empire style clock has a gilt bronze case in the form of a classical urn with swan neck handles and a winged cherub to the neck. The circular pedestal base is raised on a footed stepped square plinth.
The Lepaute family were the premier French clockmakers of their day. Their significance lies in their contribution to the clock making industry which had hitherto come under the trade of locksmiths. The family held the brevet Horlogers du Roi.
Jean-André Lepaute (1720–1789) arrived in Paris at an early age and in 1740 founded the family business. A skilled artist and mechanic, he quickly gained an excellent reputation. He was received as maître by the clockmakers guild in 1759, was granted royal lodgings from the king in The Luxembourg Palace, and was entrusted with the construction of the majority of the great public clocks of Paris. He executed, amongst others, those in The Luxembourg Palace, the Jardin des Plantes, the Château de Bellevue and the Château des Ternes. His clock at Paris’s École Militaire still works today. Three editions of his Traité d’Horlogerie were published in Paris in 1755, 1760 and 1767. A small volume, Description de Plusieurs Ouvrages d’Horlogerie appeared in 1764. Jean-André’s wife, Nicole-Reine Etable de la Brière (1723-1788), was a highly esteemed mathematician and astronomer. Her passion for science lent itself to Lepaute’s work and she played an active role in the scientific and mathematical aspects of the clock making.
Jean-André’s younger brother Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727-1802) joined him in Paris in 1747 and immediately started working for the family business. He was received as maître in 1776 and was known for the clocks he constructed for the Paris Hôtel de Ville (1780), destroyed in a fire of 1871, and for the Hôtel des Invalides (1784). Jean-Baptiste took over the workshop when Jean-André retired in 1775.
After Jean-Baptiste’s death in 1802, the firm was taken over by his nephew Pierre-Basil Lepaute (1750-1843) where he was duly joined by his own nephew Jean-Joseph (1768-1846) and son Pierre-Michel (1785-1849). By 1816, Pierre-Michel Lepaute was in charge of the business. His masterpieces include the astronomical clock in Paris’s Bureau...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Putto Figure Emblematic of Architecture, after Clodion, circa 1890
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine patinated bronze Putto figure emblematic of architecture, after Claude Michel Clodion.
French, circa 1890.
Standing at 55 cm (22 inches) tal...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Inkwell, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV Style gilt bronze and Sèvres style Porcelain inkwell.
French, circa 1890.
This elegant and sophisticated inkwell is of sarcophagus form with finely painted por...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Ebony Three-Light Desk Stand, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and ebony three-light desk stand.
French, circa 1820.
This elegant desk stand has an ebonized rectangular base with drawer, supporting a re-...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Champlevé Enamel and Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock, circa 1880
By LeRoy
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional Louis XVI style champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze mantel clock with finely painted neoclassical scenes by Leroy & Fils.
French, circa 1880.
Stamped to the movement ‘LEROY & FILS A PARIS, 823’.
This fine gilt-bronze and champlevé enamel clock has an arched case with outset bulbous columns to the angles, it is surmounted by a drum top with a pierced scroll and ball finial and applied with expressive cherub mounts. The front and sides of the clock are all exceptionally finely painted with neoclassical scenes of figures in an architectural setting and the top and base enriched with fine polychrome champlevé enamel.
The clock has an enamelled chapter ring with Roman numerals interspersed with anthemion devices and a twin barrelled, eight-day movement striking on a bell.
The firm of Leroy et Fils was founded by Bazile Charles Leroy in 1789. He was a clockmaker to the Emperor Napoléon, The Duke of Orleans, The Duke of Bourbon and Princess Pauline. In 1823, he filed a patent for self-winding atmospheric clock operated by weathervane and in 1840 a patent for wind clocks. When Charles Louis died in 1865 his son Louis Leroy...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Large Pair of Magenta Ground Vienna Porcelain Exhibition Vases, circa 1900
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important and extremely large pair of Magenta Ground Vienna Porcelain Exhibition vases.
Austrian, circa 1900.
Each vase with blue underglazed ‘Beehive’ mark to interior of neck.
Each vase is finely painted with classical scenes to the front and allegorical scenes to the back on a rich magenta ground with gilt foliate decoration. The vases are mounted by extraordinary gilt handles headed by winged female masks to the sides and grotesque masks to the shoulders. The spreading necks decorated with Greek key decoration are surmounted by domed covers and the vases are raised on baluster form supports put down on drum bases finely painted with panels stylised arabesque.
The Vienna Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1718 only eight years after Johann Friedrich Bottger and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus had succeeded in unearthing the secret of Porcelain Manufacture for August the Strong, Elector of Saxony. On May 25, 1718, Emperor Karl VI signed a "special privilege" awarding Claudius Innocentius du Paquier the exclusive right to produce porcelain in the Austrian crown lands. Production being almost exclusively for the imperial household and the court nobility.
During the rococo era, Empress Maria Theresia placed the company under imperial ownership and it was during this period that the manufactory began to produce the famous rococo genre scenes after Watteau. Under the management of Conrad Sorgel von Sorgenthal, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory achieved an international reputation for its neo-classical style.
After the wars with France brought the manufactory to the brink of ruin, the Vienna Congress at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century gave porcelain from Vienna a renewed upswing. Many important personalities of the time, including Czar Alexander I of Russia...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Vases
Materials
Porcelain
