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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARQUETRY, AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE LONGCASE CLOCK AND COMPANION BAROMETER

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, RETAILED BY BOUDET, CIRCA 1890-1900

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARQUETRY, AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE LONGCASE CLOCK AND COMPANION BAROMETER
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, RETAILED BY BOUDET, CIRCA 1890-1900
Each surmounted by a white enamel dial, the clock signed BOUDET A PARIS, the movement numbered 4508/CD, surrounded by three putti flying above clouds and holding flower swags, above a spreading socle with ribbon-tied flower swags, above a square tapering case, headed by a laurel wreath centred by a sun mask, above scrolling foliage centred by a flower-filled urn, on four paw feet, on a shaped base centred to the front by a foliate wreath, on four cone feet
88¾ in. (225.5 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) wide; 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) deep
Literature
C. Payne, Paris Furniture The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, 2018, p. 198.

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Lot Essay

Only a few 19th century examples of both clock and barometer of this model are known, with the only other known examples being a pair by Dasson and a pair by Grohé Frères. The clock is a copy of the celebrated model made circa 1785 and attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener, now in the Louvre (cat. C.Dr., No 185). The companion barometer, also in the Louvre, is an 1860s version made by the 19th century cabinetmaker Grohé which was made for the Empress Eugénie who had the original clock in her cabinet de travail at the Tuileries. Both are illustrated in Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Picard, 1999, pp. 116 and 384.