BY EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A FRENCH TOLE AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
Comprising a clock and a pair of eight-light candelabra: the clock surmounted by a flower-filled urn flanked to the sides by ram's masks joined by a chain, the case centred by an enamel dial signed 'Fd. Bertoud/ AParis', the twin barrel with countwheel strike on bell, flanked to the sides by a scrolling acanthus-cast volute, on a shaped base centred by a circular medallion stamped to the reverse 'WEDGWOOD', on toupie feet; the candelabra en suite, each with a winged female figure with scrolling acanthus lower body holding the central spirally-fluted stem issuing scrolling branches and inset with jasperware plaques marked to the reverse 'TURNER', variously signed 'BY'
23 ½ in. (59.5 cm.) high, the clock
25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) high, the candelabra

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Lot Essay

The present clock is most likely modelled after a design by Robin, horloger du Roi, dating from 1775 (H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I., p. 226, 4.1.2). Beurdeley adapted the work and often sold the clock en suite with a pair of candelabra which he based on a model by famed 18th century bronzier François Rémond dating from circa 1780 (op. cit., p. 427, 6.3.16), thus creating a uniquely nineteenth-century garniture. A three-piece garniture comprising a clock of this model and pair of eight light candelabra by Beurdeley sold Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2011, lot 298 ($74,500, with premium).

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