A French ormolu and bronze clock garniture

BY ALFRED BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A French ormolu and bronze clock garniture
By Alfred Beurdeley, Paris, Circa 1880
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of five-light candelabra: the clock with a cherub holding a ribbon above the circular enamel clock dial, inscribed A. Beurdeley/Paris, with pierced latten hands and blued steel calendar hand, the twin-train movement with countwheel strike on a bell, stamped J. Lefebvre Fils, Paris, on a fluted cylindrical column on a square base stamped B.Y above a star, flanked to one side by drapery, to the other by a cornucopia with fruit and flowers, on a stepped moulded rectangular base with vitruvian scroll frieze, flanked to the angles by a ram's mask; each candelabra with a cherub holding a lance supporting three horn shaped and two oak-leaf shaped branches, one flanked to the side by a boar's head, the other by a deer's head, on a stepped moulded circular base with vitruvian scroll frieze, each base stamped to the back B.Y above a star
The clock: 21 in. (54 cm.) wide; 21 in. (54 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 31 in. (80 cm.) high (3)

Lot Essay

Born in 1847, Alfred Beurdeley (d. 1919), took over his father's business in 1875. The shop was located at the Pavillon de Hanovre, while is workshops were at 20 & 24 rue Dautancourt, Paris. He specialised in producing the most luxurious articles to the highest quality and was pre-eminent among the Parisian bnistes, especially for the refinement of his ormolu, which was the best in Paris. He exhibited at the major International Exhibitions, such as Paris in 1878 and Amsterdam in 1883, and was awarded the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.

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