Lot 150
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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK

BY CHARLES BERNEL, PARIS, CIRCA 1919

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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
BY CHARLES BERNEL, PARIS, CIRCA 1919
The enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and signed 'CHARLES BERNEL A PARIS', the glazed lenticle with beaded border, surrounded by a circular case carved with shellwork and scrolls, resting on a foliate platform supported by intertwined dolphins, the tripartite stand headed by grisaille panels depicting putti above an egg-and-dart moulding and foliate boss, the uprights headed by foliate-wrapped scrolls joined by laurel swags, on a tripartite base with concave friezes and moulding decorated with shells and leaves, the interior of the clockcase stamped 'Charles Bernel/ Paris/ 1919'
90 7/8 in. (231 cm.) high; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay


This opulent and theatrical pedestal clock is by the 20th century French ébéniste Charles Bernel. Bernel was highly skilled in the production of works reviving earlier styles of cabinet-making. He, along with his contemporaries Paul Sormani, Henry Dasson and Francois Linke, were known for the high calibre of their creations in the Louis XV and XVI manner. Among Bernel’s revered clientele was H.M. Queen Mary, who owned a gilt-bronze mounted fire screen that was placed in her Audience Room at Buckingham Palace, London. King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark also had one presented to them during a visit to Paris which was sold Christie’s, London, 14 May 1998, lot 5.

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