A French ormolu orbit clock

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY HENRY DASSON, CIRCA 1885

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A French ormolu orbit clock
In the Louis XVI Style, By Henry Dasson, Circa 1885
Surmounted by a lidded vase with entwined serpent handles and with enamelled hour and minute bands, above a pair of putti, one with a French horn and musket, the other pointing up at the hour, seated on rockwork and with a dog drinking from a gushing dolphin spout fountain in between, on a shaped base with a band cast in high relief with a procession of Bacchic putti, on beaded toupie feet, inscribed to the back of the base H. DASSON
22 in. (57 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Henry Dasson (d. 1896), the celebrated Parisian bniste and bronzier, had workshops at 106, rue Vieille-du-Temple and specialised in the production of Louis XIV, XV abd XVI style furniture and objects. In 1871, Dasson bought the workshop and remaining stock from the widow of Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, who had established a reputation for furniture of the finest quality. Dasson continued with this acclaim and exhibited at both the 1878 and 1889 Paris Expositions Universelles.

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