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Important Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain Clock Garniture, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important Napoléon III gilt bronze and turquoise porcelain clock garniture.
French, circa 1870.
This very fine clock garniture comprises of a clock and a pair of vase form candelabra.
The finely cast and chiselled gilt bronze case has a jewelled turquoise porcelain face with Roman Numerals above a plaque depicting children in a wooded landscape, flanked by expressive male and female cherub figures, cast in the round, beneath a scrolled pediment with torches en flambeau and surmounted by a turquoise vase and cover.
The pair of candelabra en-suite are in the form of turquoise porcelain vases...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
'L'innocence Tourmentée Par L'amour' A Figural Group by Luca Madrassi circa 1900
By Luca Madrassi
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'L'innocence Tourmentée Par L'amour' - A fine patinated bronze figural group by Luca Madrassi.
French, circa 1900.
Inscribed 'L.MADRASSI.PARIS'.
With Gervais foundry cachet...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Figural Candelabra by Charles Cumberworth, circa 1850
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of gilt and patinated bronze figural candelabra by Charles Cumberworth.
French, circa 1850.
Signed 'C. Cumberworth'.
This Fine pa...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Multipatinated Bronze Orientalist Female Bust by Henri Honoré Plé, Dated 1883
By Henri Honoré Plé
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important multi patinated bronze orientalist female bust by Henri Honoré Plé.
French, dated 1883.
Engraved to the back 'Henri Plé / 1883'.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Fine Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Garniture, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoléon III gilt-bronze mounted porcelain clock garniture.
French, circa 1870.
The movement stamped with the 'Japy Frères ' cachet.
This fine porcelain clock set is...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent Pair of Gilt-Bronze Figural Empire Period Candelabra, circa 1815
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and highly important pair of gilt bronze figural empire period candelabra.
French, circa 1815.
A Magnificent and Highly Important Pair of gilt bronze Figural Empi...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Elaborate Gilt Bronze and Sèvres-style Porcelain Mantel Clock, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine and elaborate gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mantel clock.
French, circa 1870.
A fine and elaborate gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mantel clock with a fo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
'Bonne Année, Bonne Santé', a Bronze Figure by Adolphe Maubach, circa 1900
By Adolph Maubach
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Bonne Année, Bonne Santé' -A fine patinated bronze figure by Adolphe Maubach.
French, circa 1900.
Signed 'Adolphe Maurbach' and bearing a gilt-bronze title plaque 'Bonne Anné...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Lyre Clock Garniture, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style cobalt blue porcelain and gilt-bronze lyre clock garniture, with jewel set pendulum.
French, circa 1900.
The candelabra bearing a paper label to the und...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Floor Standing Candelabrum after a Model by Clodion, circa 1880
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine gilt and patinated bronze floor standing candelabrum, after a model by Clodion.
French, circa 1880.
Claude Michael Clodion, (1738-1814), was the son-in-law of sculp...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Ornate Gilt Bronze-Mounted Sèvres-Style Blue Ground Mantel Clock, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An ornate gilt bronze-mounted Sèvres-style blue ground mantel clock.
French, circa 1880.
An ornate gilt bronze-mounted Sèvres-style blue ground mantel clock, the shaped rectan...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Figural Candlesticks, circa 1860
By Etienne Le Hongre
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XIV style gilt bronze figural candlesticks.
French, circa 1860.
A fine pair of Louis XIV style gilt bronze figural candlesticks, with stems cast as female...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze figural clock.
French, circa 1870.
This fine clock has a waisted body decorated with scrolls and trellis centred by a white ena...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock By François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and white marble clock depicting Diana and Cupid, by François Linke.
French, circa 1890.
Signe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
‘Les Grands Faunes’, a Pair of Candelabra after François Rémond, circa 1880
By François Rémond
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
‘Les Grands Faunes’, a large and very finely cast pair of gilt bronze and patinated bronze figural candelabra on green granite marble bases, after a model by François Rémond...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
'Grand Nu Aux Feuillages', a Fine Patinated Bronzed Figural Group, circa 1900
By Alois Mayer
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Grand Nu Aux Feuillages', a fine patinated bronzed figural group by Alois Mayer.
German, circa 1900.
Signed 'A. Mayer'.
Alois Mayer (1855-1936) Was a German Sculptor who...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Pair of Bronze Models of a Standing Bull and a Running Cow, circa 1890
By Francois Auguste Hippolyte Peyrol 1, Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of large and finely patinated bronze models of a standing bull and a running cow after models by Isidor-Jules Bonheur, Cast on a Naturalistic Base.
French, circa 1890.
Signed 'I BONHEUR' and stamped 'PEYROL EDITEUR'.
Bonheur was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon and his naturalistic depiction of farm animals, including cattle, was one of his most popular subjects. The bronze was cast by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, who ran one of the most successful art foundries in Paris at this time.
Isidore-Jules Bonheur (1827-1901) was the son of the painter Raymond Bonheur and younger brother of Rosa Bonheur, the famous sculptor. He was born in Bordeaux and studied painting, at first with his father and then with the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, moving on to sculpture in 1848.
He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1848 with a painting and plaster study of the same subject ‘African horseman attacked by a lioness’. From then onwards, Bonheur exhibited regularly at the Salon as well as other exhibitions, winning medals in 1865 and 1869 together with the prized Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1895.
Most of Bonheur’s casts were by his uncle by marriage, Hippolyte Peyrol, whose tiny foundry mark is often very difficult to find.
Bonheur’s studies range from farm animals, bears and tigers in a very naturalistic vein to equestrian groups. Although noted primarily for his small groups he did complete two large scale commissions, one to his sister Rosa, at Fontainbleau and the other, two stone lions at the steps of the Royal...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
