ID 780252
Lot 198 | PENDULE MYSTERIEUSE D'EPOQUE NAPOLEON III
Estimate value
€ 15 000 – 25 000
ATTRIBUEE A JEAN EUGENE ROBERT HOUDIN, VERS 1850
En porcelaine de Paris, vers 1840, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le cadran en verre inscrit de chiffres romains indiquant les heures, reposant sur un piedouche, le corps centré d'un vase fleuri et de volutes feuillagées, encadré par deux bustes de femme en terme, le socle à décor de rinceaux sur six pieds en enroulement ; fêle au cadran
H.: 49,5 cm. (19 1⁄2 in.) ; L.: 23 cm. (9 in.) ; P.: 11,5 cm. (4 1⁄2 in.)
Provenance
Vente Néret-Minet Coutau-Bégarie, Paris, 26 avril 1991, lot 59.
Acquis au cours de cette vente.
Literature
Bibliographie comparative:
Tardy, La pendule francaise dans le monde, 3e partie, Paris, p. 138.
Special notice
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Post lot text
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND SÈVRES PORCELAIN MYSTERY CLOCK ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN EUGENE ROBERT HOUDIN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Bronze, Glass, Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Bronze, Glass, Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
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