This clock was manufactured at Dihl and Guérard’s porcelain factory. Christophe Dihl (1752—1830), a talented modeler / experienced chemist – he developed his own colours for porcelain – joined forces with the Guerhards, the company’s financiers – to create this manufacture in 1781. It quickly grew to become the Sèvres manufacture’s main competitor. When it was created, it obtained the protection of a royal family member, the young Duke of Angoulême, nephew of Louis XVI.
Category: Works of art
Hercules mantel clock
The circular white enamelled dial, signed “Lepaute à Paris”, indicates hours in Roman numerals and minutes via two pierced and gilded copper hands. It is inscribed in a tree trunk on which Hercules is leaning.
Sculpted coconut cup
This cup is made of a finely engraved, carved and cut coconut. Its decoration is divided into a set of horizontal registers separated from each other by the nut’s polished surface. The cup’s base and top are decorated with stylized acanthus leaves. On either side of the joint, beaded rows frame a four-petaled flowers frieze. The main repertoire features an ornamental band decorated with a network of antique-style plant arabesques standing out against a guilloche background. The nut is supported by both an inverted bell-shaped element, and by three dolphins whose tails form a loop. The dolphins rest on a column-shaped base decorated with antique medallions with swans. The ensemble is placed on a square plinth supported by paw-shaped feet covered with a myriad of cleverly organized small leaves. The joint is hemmed by an articulated strapping. A silver swan acts as a lid on top of the nut.
Young Bedouin with rifle
© Paul-Etienne Remy / Good Wave Studio Moor with a rifle Bronze enhanced with a cold painted polychrome decoration Austrian school, late 19th century Dimensions: H.: 11…… Read more “Young Bedouin with rifle”
Young Moor lying down writing
© Paul-Etienne Remy / Good Wave Studio Young Moor lying down writing Bronze enhanced with a cold painted polychrome decoration according to Franz Bergman Austrian school, late…… Read more “Young Moor lying down writing”
Young Moor sitting writing
© Paul-Etienne Remy / Good Wave Studio Young Moor sitting writing Bronze enhanced with a cold painted polychrome decoration Austrian school, late 19th century Dimensions: H.: 8…… Read more “Young Moor sitting writing”
Young Moor with a jar or the Water Carrier
© Paul-Etienne Remy / Good Wave Studio Young Moor with a jar or the Water Carrier Bronze enhanced with a cold painted polychrome decoration Austrian school, late…… Read more “Young Moor with a jar or the Water Carrier”
Rooster with motto
© Paul-Etienne Remy / Good Wave Studio Rooster Bronze enhanced with a cold painted polychrome decoration Austrian school, late 19th / early 20th century Workshop of Franz…… Read more “Rooster with motto”
Pair of wall lights with five sconces
Pair of wall lights with five sconces Based on a model by André-Charles Boulle Chiselled and gilded bronze France, Napoleon III period, second half of the 19th…… Read more “Pair of wall lights with five sconces”
Pair of andirons with winged sphinxes
© Jacques Kuyten Pair of andirons with winged sphinxes and masonic decoration Chiselled bronze credited to Henri Dasson (after a model by Pierre-Philippe Thomire) France, Napoleon III period…… Read more “Pair of andirons with winged sphinxes”
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