Elaborate Gilt Bronze And Sèvres Style Porcelain Mantel Clock, Circa 1870
Brighton, United Kingdom
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Item details
Height
51.0 cm
Width
28.0 cm
Depth
14.0 cm
Wear conditions
Good
Wear conditions
Excellent
Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.
Good
May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.
Average
Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.
Apparent Wear and Tear
Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.
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Description
A fine and elaborate gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mantel clock.
French, circa 1870.
A fine and elaborate gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mantel clock with a four inch porcelain dial painted at the centre with a putto, and surrounded by Roman numerals within a 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste border. The richly chased foliate gilt-bronze cast case is surmounted by a porcelain oval portrait miniature of an 18th century lady. The bowed sides of the clock case are inset with porcelain panels painted with love and musical trophies within 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste borders. The front of the clock case is inset with ten further porcelain panels, similarly painted with flowers, figures and portraits all within 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste borders.
The bell striking movement (No.1068) is stamped with the monogram ‘AV Horlogerie, Paris’, and the clock has a Brocot escapement.
The Sèvres Porcelain manufactory was founded to the east of Paris in the disused royal château of Vincennes, late in 1739-1740.
It was not until 1756 that it moved to the village of Sèvres, west of Paris, strategically placed en route to King Louis XV's palace of Versailles. Here it was also adjacent to Louis's mistress Madame de Pompadour's own château at Bellevue.
A great lover of Sèvres porcelain, she was delighted with the factory's new location - as she knew she could entice Louis to take a greater interest in it when it was so near to their own residences. Indeed, the King became such a keen patron of the factory that when in 1759 it ran into financial difficulties, he bought out the shareholders and became the sole proprietor. The factory remained a royal enterprise until the French Revolution, when it was nationalised.
Sèvres' position at the beginning of the 19th century was extremely precarious. No longer a royal enterprise, and having lost much of its clientele during the revolution, its funding reflected the ruinous state of the French economy.
However the Manufactory rose to this challenge, achieving the remarkable accomplishment of staying continuously in the forefront of European ceramic production despite the myriad changes in technology, taste, and patronage that occurred during this tumultuous century. The vast and diverse production of the Sèvres factory in the 19th century resists easy characterisation, and its history during this period reflects many of the changes affecting French society in the years between 1800 and 1900.
Important designers and influential artistic directors were always at the forefront of Sèvres's innovation. Famous artists who designed for Sèvres have included Louis-Simon Boizot, Théophile Fragonard, Hector Guimard, Serge Poliakoff , Auguste Rodin and Louise Bourgeois. One of the most influential artists was Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse who became artistic director in 1876 and was famed for his designs.
Bibliography:
Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions - London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006.
Savill, Rosalind. The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, Vol III, Paul Holberton, 1998.
Paredes, Liana. Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain', 1750-2000, D Giles Ltd, 2009.
Condition report:
Good
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Last updated: 24th March 2025
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