ID 1058894
Lot 41 | PENDULE DE STYLE BAROQUE
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
ALLEMAGNE, MILIEU DU XIXE SIECLE
En placage d'écaille de tortue, placage de loupe d'orme et de bois de rose, ornementation d'argent partiellement doré, moulé, ciselé et repoussé, en forme de tabernacle, le cadran en argent encadré de putti et surmonté d'un baldaquin à rideaux flanqué de figures féminines habritant un globe tournant indiquant les jours partiellement doré et émaillé, signature de 'Christofe Schoener / Augustae', la partie centrale ouvrant par deux vantaux dévoilants treize tiroirs dont un grand tiroir central à compartiment secret, l'ensemble ornée de cabochons en pâte de verre polychrome et de miniatures sur bois représentants d'une part des scènes de l'amour de Zeus et Callisto, et d'autre part des scènes évoquant Diane donnant le javelot magique et le chien à Procris, et des médaillons en haut-reliefs représentant l'histoire de deux futurs époux sur les deux vantaux centraux entourés d'autres médaillons évoquant des allégories telles la musique ou encore l'architecture, l'élément central de la base dévoilant un miroir caché coulissant, l'ensemble décoré d'enroulements feuillagés et fleuris, les pieds dorés terminés en enroulement ; accidents et manques, restaurations
H.: 93 cm. (36 ½ in.) ; L.: 71 cm. (28 in.) ; P.: 35,5 cm. (14 in.)
Provenance
Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Salon des cuirs, Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne; puis par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire actuel.
Literature
Bibliographie comparative :
C. Kowalski, Die Augsburger Prunkkkabinette mit Uhr von Heinrich Eichel d.Ä. (1637-1719) und seiner Werktatt, Berlin, 2011, p.41-42
Further details
A BAROQUE STYLE SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL, TULIPWOOD AND BURR MARQUETRY, GERMAN, MID 19TH CENTURY
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Silver, Tortoiseshell, Wood |
Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Silver, Tortoiseshell, Wood |
Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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