BY VICTOR PAILLARD, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A Napoleon III ormolu three-piece garniture
By Victor Paillard, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
Comprising a clock and a pair of six-light candelabra; the clock surmounted by three putti playing with birds, the dial inscribed Vor. Paillard/Ed. de bronzes/PARIS, on a pierced base with scrolling acanthus feet; the candelabra en suite
The clock: 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep; The candelabra: 29½ in. (75 cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

One of the best known bronziers of the Napoleon III period, Victor Paillard (d.1886) also created and produced his own sculptures and groups, designed and made chenets, candelabra, other decorative objects and clocks. In the 1830s he opened his own business at 105 boulevard Beaumarchais and 6 rue Saint-Claude, first showing his own work at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1839. By 1855 he was employing about a hundred workmen - among them the young Fourdinois - and was able to offer his clients hundreds of models in bronze and zinc imitations. As a founder he worked for numerous well-known sculptors such as Pradier, Barye and Carrier-Belleuse.

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