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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

BY THOMIRE & CIE, THE MOVEMENT BY LOUIS MOINET, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
By Thomire & Cie, the movement by Louis Moinet, first quarter 19th Century
The circular white enamel Roman dial signed 'Thomire & Cie' and 'Moinet ainé Hr.' and twin barrel movement with silk suspension and continental strike on bell, within a arched case cast with leaf-tip base and flanked by standing figures of Venus and Apollo, on a stepped rectangular base mounted in relief with floral garlanded torcheres and ribbon-tied trophies, on a foliate-edged plinth and on block feet
27 in. (69 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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The firm of Thomire & Cie was established by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), certainly one of the most important bronziers, he had trained under Pajou and Houdon at the Académie de Saint-Luc and later under the bronzier Gouthière. Known as Thomire & Cie from 1819, the company ceased in the early 1850's.
Louis Moinet (d. 1853), who had worked for the most celebrated watchmaker, Abraham Louis Breguet, collaborated with Thomire on a number of commissions.
Thomire's drawing for this clock, dated before 1817, is in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm (ill. H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 344, ill. 5.5.8) and models of this clock are in various important collections, including the Hermitage, St Petersburg, and the Palacio Real in Madrid (J.R. Colon de Carvajal, Catalogo de Relojes del Patrimonio National, Madrid, 1987, cat.243, p.258).