拍品 534
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, WHITE AND BARDIGLIO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, WHITE AND BARDIGLIO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, WHITE AND BARDIGLIO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The circular enamelled dial with arabic numerals inscribed 'A Paria', within a rectangular case with lozenges with Mercury's mask and foliate spandrels, surmounted by a figure of Etude, on a stepped base with palmette band and hippocampi and on toupie feet, some elements regilt and possibly replaced
18½ in. (47 cm.) high

拍品专文

Models for Le Philosophe, La Lectrice and L'Etude in porcelain were first executed for a Lampe antique in 1780 by Louis-Simon Boizot (d. 1809), who was Sculpteur du Roi. He succeeded Etienne Falconet as Director of Sculpture at the Royal Sèvres Manufactory in 1773 and later worked in conjunction with the celebrated bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (E. Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, Paris, 1909, vol. II, p. 22). They also feature on a clock-model, known as L'Etude et la Philosophie for which the bronzier François Rémond (maître in 1774) produced a design commissioned by the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre (C. Jagger, Royal Clocks, London, 1983, p. 155).