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A MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED IVORY-GROUND THREE PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
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A MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED IVORY-GROUND THREE PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

CIRCA 1900, BLUE SCEPTRE AND IRON-RED ORB MARKS, IMPRESSED 3415, 3288, 3351 AND CYPHERS, THE CLOCK INSCRIBED DAHLEMANN, DESIGNED BY PAUL SCHLEY

Closed13 April 2017

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A MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED IVORY-GROUND THREE PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
CIRCA 1900, BLUE SCEPTRE AND IRON-RED ORB MARKS, IMPRESSED 3415, 3288, 3351 AND CYPHERS, THE CLOCK INSCRIBED DAHLEMANN, DESIGNED BY PAUL SCHLEY
In the Neo-Rococo taste, the clockcase surmounted by a female-bust above a banner bearing an anthropomorphic sun and flanked by dragons spouting flames, all supported by scantily clad male and female figures, he in the guise of Hercules, the clockface supported from below by an open-mounted grotesque mask, the base with two frolicking putti; the nine-light candelabra en suite
38 ¼ in. (97.1 cm.) high, the clock

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Designed in 1888 by Paul Schley, only a few examples of this model are known and were displayed at various important expositions in the late 19th and early 20th century, including the Exhibition of the German National Applied Arts in Munich in 1888 and the Saint Louis World's Fair in 1904. See F. Dietz, The Golden Age of the KPM, Petersburg, 2015, pp. 244-249 for an example of this model in the Sabet Collection and a discussion of its history.