Lot n° 139
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
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Result
: 800EUR
Chased and gilded bronze "cartel au ruban" sconce (wear), fe - Lot 139
Chased and gilded bronze "cartel au ruban" sconce (wear), featuring a female mask topped by an antique-style fire pot adorned with canals and rosettes, with a long ribbon running through the handles. The sides are decorated with palms, and the lower part features a laurel-leaf garland, with a seeded lamp base and frieze of fleurons. The white enameled circular dial (chips) with black Arabic and Roman numerals and the movement are signed Warin A Paris / Du soleil dor (reported).
Louis XVI period.
Height 70 cm - Width 32 cm
Note: the original drawing of a comparable cartel appears in Osmond's Livre des Desseins under number 36, INHA library, known as the cartel au ruban grand modèle.
Created by Robert Osmond around 1770, this model was a great success with Parisian connoisseurs. Two examples were included in royal collections, the first delivered in 1767 for the apartments of Madame Victoire in Versailles, and the second, a few years later, for King Louis XVI, still Dauphin.
Robert Osmond (1711-1789) was awarded the title of Master Bronzemaker in Paris in 1746. A champion of neoclassicism, he also produced numerous rocaille clock cases.
Bibliography :
- H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Band I, Munich, 1986, p.184, fig.3.8.8 ;
- Catalog of the exhibition Le château de Versailles raconte le Mobilier national, quatre siècles de création, Paris, 2010-2011, p.106-107;
- Tardy, La pendule française, 2ème partie : Du Louis XVI à nos jours, Paris, 1975, p.309.
Appraisal by Mr. Cédric HÉNON - 06 95 34 93 78 - cedric.henon@authenticite.fr
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