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AN ASSEMBLED FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND MALACHITE-VENEERED THREE-PIECE GARNITURE DE CHEMINEE
Lot 205 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BEVERLY HILLS COLLECTION (LOT 205)

AN ASSEMBLED FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND MALACHITE-VENEERED THREE-PIECE GARNITURE DE CHEMINEE

THE CLOCK BY DENIERE, THE CANDELABRA BY HENRI PICARD, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY

Closed18 October 2012

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AN ASSEMBLED FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND MALACHITE-VENEERED THREE-PIECE GARNITURE DE CHEMINEE
THE CLOCK BY DENIERE, THE CANDELABRA BY HENRI PICARD, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY
comprising a clock and a pair of ten-light candelabra; the clock cast with winged putti amidst swirling clouds, above a circular dial signed DENIERE/FT DE BRONZES/A PARIS, on a shaped base centered by a relief plaque, the movement with further Denière cachet, the candelabra modeled as a male or female winged putto holding aloft scrolled candle branches, each stamped PICARD FES, on paw feet
The clock: 23½ in. (60 cm.) high, 18 in. (47.5 cm.) wide
The candelabra: 29 in. (73.5 cm.) high (3)

Specialist note

Inventory records circa 1861 for the château Fontainebleau indicate the delivery of two clocks by the bronzier Denière for Napoleon III, one of which is described as 'a richly ornamented clock with childen and clouds in mat gold and ormolu'. A nearly identical clock, centered with a jasperware plaque, is illustrated in The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Second Empire: Art in France under Napoleon III, 1978, p. 118.

This popular model, has been suitably paired here with figural candelabra by the highly reputable bronzier Henri Picard. For a further note on Henri Picard, please see lot 1.