A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

BY CHARPENTIER & CIE, PARIS, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, CIRCA 1870

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
BY CHARPENTIER & CIE, PARIS, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, CIRCA 1870
The case modelled with three putti on clouds with doves and floral garlands, on rounded rectangular base and toupie feet, the enamel dial with roman numerals signed 'CHARPENTIER & CIE. / RUE CHARLOT 8 / A PARIS', with pierced and engraved ormolu hands, the twin-barrel movement with Brocot suspension and rack striking to bell, stamped 'CHARPENTIER FT DE BRONZES / 672 / A PARIS'; with pendulum and winding key
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) wide; 10 ¾ in. (27 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Charpentier & Cie was located at 8, Rue Charlot, Paris in 1860, and was later known as Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie circa 1870 to 1890. They exhibited mantel clocks, garnitures, torchères and vases at the Expositon universelle of 1878 in Paris as well as the impressive example of Piat's grande horloge. The present model closely relates to a design from circa 1780 in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Münich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 251, no. 4.6.23. A clock of this model was sold Sotheby’s New York, 15 April 2011, lot 5, ($37,500).

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