Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
From the Estate of an Award Winning Art Director
A Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock, the Case Attributed to Robert Osmond, the Movement Signed Richard Fevrier, Dated 1776
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October 18, 04:40 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock, the Case Attributed to Robert Osmond, the Movement Signed Richard Fevrier, Dated 1776
the white enamel dial inscribed with Roman numerals with
eight-day movement with silk suspended pendulum, striking on a bell, the hours and the halves. The spring signed and dated Richard Fevrier 1776
height 11 ½ in.; width 7 ¼ in.; depth 4 ½ in.
29.4 cm; 18.5 cm; 11.5 cm.
Vicai, Antiquarian Horologist, Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, July, 1997
Robert Osmond was one of the most important bronziers of the 18th century, along with his nephew, Jean-Baptiste Osmond (French, 1742-after 1790), who worked alongside his uncle once he was made maître in 1764, and then overtook the firm upon Robert's retirement in the mid-1770s. Together they were among the first maîtres fondeurs to embrace the new goût à l''antique, or Neoclassical style, in the 1760s, when the Rococo was still the height of fashion. The taste of the French elite soon followed, and clocks of this and other similar models were produced in conjunction with important horlogers, including Tavernier, Lepaute, Hilgers, Frédéric Duval, and Berthoud. Though the Osmonds apparently created numerous bronze objects, including chenets, encriers, and sconces, it is their clocks which remain extant today.