BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1881

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1881
Comprising a clock and a pair of eight-light candelabra; the clock realistically modeled as a globe and map, mounted by a rooster holding down an owl, raised by putti representative of the four seasons; the candelabra each modeled as a classical figure holding aloft twin candlearms; all above pierced ormolu bases, the candelabra bases signed 'henry Dasson', the clock base signed 'henry Dasson. 1881'
The clock: 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 39 ¼ in. (99.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Henry Dasson (1825-1896) is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106, rue Vieille-du-Temple and specialized in the production of works from the Garde Meuble National. In 1871, Dasson bought the workshop and stock for 14,000 francs from the widow of the ébéniste Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen. Wasting no time in building upon the expertise of such a well-established firm, Dasson quickly became renowned for producing furniture and objets d'art of the very highest quality and became particularly distinguished for the fine quality of his ormolu mounts. Dasson was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition universelle. The business continued until 1894, when a sale of remaining stock was held (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXeSiècle, Paris, 1984, pp. 146-151).

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