A French ormolu-mounted blued steel urn clock

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY ALFRED BEURDELEY FILS, CIRCA 1880

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A French ormolu-mounted blued steel urn clock
In the Louis XVI Style, By Alfred Beurdeley Fils, Circa 1880
The domed cover surmounted by a berry finial above laurel swags, the tapering body with a pair of double-branch foliate-cast handles, the circular enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute divisions, signed A. Beurdeley Fils, with twin-train movement, with ribbon-tied foliate swag above and laurel branches below, on a spreading fluted and laurel-cast foot and square base
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high

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 Beurdeley's workshops were at 20 & 24 rue Dautancourt, Paris. The firm specialised in producing the most luxurious articles to the highest quality and was pre-eminent among the Parisian bnistes and bronziers, especially for the refinement of its ormolu. Beurdeley exhibited at the 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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