E. Kahn & Cie., active late 19th/early 20th century A Régence style gilt bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood long case clock Paris, early 20th century, in the manner of Charles Cressent

the back of the movement with Marti pastille and stamped 1691/69, several mounts have been removed to reveal the mark KAHN from the bronze master model.

Overall good condition and presentation. Mount missing from section below clock as seen in catalogue image. Movement not tested or guaranteed but appears complete. The usual minor scuffs, marks, and scratches to case, though finish and mounts overall clean and bright. One or two quite significant areas of veneer lifting which will require stabilizing. Very few if any areas of actual veneer loss.
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The present régulateur de parquet is a late 19th century interpretation of the exuberant Régence style of the early 18th century and incorporates a number of later stylistic motifs, such as the figural cresting, putti and trophy. The cresting combines a number of allegorical symbols such as the eagle, representing victory, the scythe, an attribute of Chronos, and the snake, which can symbolize eternity. The combination of these three possibly indicates victory over time. The putti, which flank the cresting, are allegorical of two arts, namely architecture and sculpture, and the trophy to the center of the case combines attributes which symbolize the arts and science.

E. Kahn & Cie. was a company that produced and sold the most celebrated French eighteenth-century models after models by Weisweiler, Stockel, Benneman, Gaudreaux and Cressent as in the present lot.  In England, his company was advertised as E. Kahn & Co. Ltd., "Manufacturers of Furniture and Upholstery, specialists in lacquered furniture, wholesale & export," with premises at 6-10 St. Andrew St. and 18-21 Charlotte St. and with a factory at 19-51 Gough St.  In Paris, he was located at 84, avenue Ledru-Rollin in the 12th arrondissement.  To Kahn's credit, François Linke allowed one of his most important creations, the grand bureau, index number 550 (for which he won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle) to be illustrated in his London brochure.

A similar model was sold Sotheby's New York, April 15, 2011, lot 35 ($98,500)