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Lot Essay
The Parisian fondeur and ciseleur Victor Paillard is perhaps chiefly celebrated for his fine silvered bronze casts of James Pradier's Sapho, one of the most enduring images of 19th century French sculpture. In a career spanning more than forty years, Paillard's atelier was established first at 8, rue Saint-Claude, then later at 105, boulevard Beaumarchais. After winning a medal for his work at the 1851 Exhibition, he was a member of the juries of the international exhibitions of 1855 in Paris and 1862 in London, and won a gold medal back in Paris in 1867.
The original designs from which this cartel clock and barometer have been adapted, may almost certainly be attributed to Poirier, or Poirier and Daguerre, who used Sèvres porcelain panels where here reliefs have been used. The animal scenes depicted are after models by Pierre-Jules Mêne (d. 1879), one of the most celebrated animalier sculptors of the mid-nineteenth century.
See lot 301, sold in these rooms 14 October 1999, for a finely ciselé door-lock by Paillard, executed as part of a suite of door furniture for Napoleon III.
The original designs from which this cartel clock and barometer have been adapted, may almost certainly be attributed to Poirier, or Poirier and Daguerre, who used Sèvres porcelain panels where here reliefs have been used. The animal scenes depicted are after models by Pierre-Jules Mêne (d. 1879), one of the most celebrated animalier sculptors of the mid-nineteenth century.
See lot 301, sold in these rooms 14 October 1999, for a finely ciselé door-lock by Paillard, executed as part of a suite of door furniture for Napoleon III.