Saint-Sulpice, l'écrin d'un collectionneur
Saint-Sulpice, l'écrin d'un collectionneur
A Louis XVI style white marble, gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock
Auction Closed
September 25, 04:17 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the patinated bronze Cupid indicating the hours, the base with a blue Turquin marble decorated applied with allegories of the rivers, the movement replaced circa 1870 ; (the cover restored)
Haut. 70 cm, larg. 26 cm;
Height. 27 1/2 in, width. 10 1/4 in
Veuillez noter que la pendule est de style Louis XVI, deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle et non d'époque comme indiqué dans le catalogue papier.
Please note that the clock is Louis XVI style, second hald 19th century and not Louis XVI as mentioned in the printed catalogue.
Tardy, La Pendule française dans le monde, Vol. II, Paris, 1994, p. 90.
Related literature
G. De Bellaigue, Waddesdon Manor Catalogue: James A. De Rothschild Collection: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, p.114, fig. 20.
A similar clock is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (inv. 29.180.4). The movement is signed by Jean-Baptiste Lepaute, the figures are attributed to Louis-Simon Boizot, and the bronzes to Pierre-Philippe Thomire.
A very similar pair of vases forming a clock and calendar is in Waddesdon Manor (WI/27/6), signed by Doublet and based on his models, with bronzes attributed to Pierre Gouthière. It shares with the Metropolitan Museum version a detailed cornice and similar bronze plates. The similarity between these two versions and the signature of Pierre-Louis Doublet on the Waddesdon Manor copy could indicate that he was the creator of this model of clock known as à cercles tournant.
Other clocks based on the same model are known from the 19th century, such as a smaller version by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley and a clock in red marble and gilt bronze plates representing the Arts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Inv. No. 1914-20).
A very similar pair of vases forming a clock and calendar is in Waddesdon Manor (WI/27/6), signed by Doublet and based on his models, with bronzes attributed to Pierre Gouthière. It shares with the Metropolitan Museum version a detailed cornice and similar bronze plates. The similarity between these two versions and the signature of Pierre-Louis Doublet on the Waddesdon Manor copy could indicate that he was the creator of this model of clock known as à cercles tournant.
Other clocks based on the same model are known from the 19th century, such as a smaller version by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley and a clock in red marble and gilt bronze plates representing the Arts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Inv. No. 1914-20).
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