Live Auction 681019th Century Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art
A Napoleon III gilt-bronze and porcelain clock garniture
Lot 159THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A Napoleon III gilt-bronze and porcelain clock garniture

BY ALPHONSE GIROUX & CIE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

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GBP 8,365

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A Napoleon III gilt-bronze and porcelain clock garniture
By Alphonse Giroux & Cie, Paris, Circa 1860
Comprising a clock and a pair of three-light candelabras; the clock surmounted by two putti on a goat-driven chariot, the dial inscribed ALPH. GIROUX &CIE, PARIS, on an oval base; the candelabras en suite
The clock: 14½ in. (37 cm.) high (3)

Specialist note

This famous shop was opened in 1799 by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux at 7 Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré. His son Alphonse-Gustave took over the shop on 19 May 1838. He was awarded a Silver Medal at the 1838 exposition des produits de l'industrie française. He exhibited wedding caskets, nécessaires, guéridons, jardinières and meubles de boudoir. He relocated in 1857 at 43, Boulevard des Capucines. In 1867, he sold the business to Duvinage et Harinkouke. In 1855 and 1857, Napoleon III and Eugénie commissioned a small desk, candelabras, mantel clocks, vases as well as two chiffoniers.