A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

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Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley, Paris, circa 1890
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
Comprising a mantel clock and pair of three-light candelabra; the clock surmounted by a laurel wreath and two cornucopiae, centred by an enamel dial signed 'A. Beurdeley & Fils / A Paris', with twin-barrel movement, Brocot escapement and rack striking to bell, the movement stamped 'J. LEFEBVRE FILS / PARIS,' 'MEDAILLE DE BRONZE / S Marti et Cie' and '6918', above two acanthus scroll supports, on a stepped plinth and base with conforming frieze, on bun feet, the candelabra modelled en suite each with a putto
The clock: 21 in. (53.2 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide
The candelabra: 21 1/8 in. (53.5 cm.) high
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Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 November 2001, lot 245 (£17,625).
Property from the Estates of Dr. Milton and Mrs. Marilyn Myers; Christie’s, New York, 18 April 2013, lot 36 ($37,500).

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Lot Essay

As becoming of Beurdeley's pre-eminence, the ormolu of the present garniture is beautifully finished in matt and burnished gilding and difficult to distinguish from late eighteenth century work. Almost certainly copied from a yet to be identified Louis XVI neoclassical model, the l'Antiquité greque design of this clock is in the style of Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1791) or Richard de Lalonde (d. 1808). It is paired by Beurdeley with candelabra modelled as two putti closely referencing an 18th century model of which a comparable pair was sold Christie’s, New York, 24 October 2013, lot 560 ($32,500).

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