ATTRIBUTED TO ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, DESIGNED BY EDOUARD LIEVRE, THE MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRERES, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A FRENCH ‘JAPONISME’ ORMOLU AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL MANTEL CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, DESIGNED BY EDOUARD LIEVRE, THE MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRERES, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
The scrollwork frame supporting a bottle shaped case, the front with flowers and exotic birds around the dial, the reverse with birds and bamboo, with stylised monogram 'HMP', bove a lion-mask panel, on elephant head feet, the movemevet stamped 'JAPY FRERES’
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 14 in. (36 cm.) wide

Literature

'Edouard Lièvre', Connaissance des Arts, N° 228, Paris 2004, S. 28 ff. p. 28-29

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Lot Essay

This design for this pendule japonisante is credited to Edouard Lièvre. The model is also recorded by L'Escalier de Cristal, see a clock related to a pair of pendant candelabra signed by L'Escalier de Cristal in Connaissance des Arts, pp. 28 & 34.

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