Lot no. 254
RARE HANGER
WITH ROTATING CIRCLES
The urn and snake model. The case
in finely chased and gilded bronze
in the form of an urn with a double
with a double rotating dial in green lacquered
enamelled cartouches for the hours and minutes
enamelled cartouches for the hours and minutes,
with two lateral handles
with masks. At the bottom, a snake
on the pedestal indicates the time with its
the time with its outstretched tongue. It stands on a square
square base with canted corners
with fluting. Three of the sides are decorated
with oval Sèvres porcelain plaques
painted in polychrome with trophies
and gold frames on a sky blue background.
The movement plate is signed
in cursive engraving "L' échopier à Paris".
The porcelain plates are marked
of the Manufacture de Sèvres with the letterdate
G for 1759, the presumed mark
of the painter Cardin (active between 1749 and 1786).
Louis XVI period, circa 1765.
Height: 41 cm - Width: 20 cm
Depth: 18.5 cm
(Good general condition, missing parts and restorations)
PROVENANCE
- Isaac Pereire Collection (1806 - 1880)
- Henriette Pereire Collection (1853 - 1927), daughter
wife of Senator Eugène Mir
(1843 - 1930).
- Élise Malric-Mir (1971 - 1968), niece and adopted daughter
adopted daughter.
- Still in the family to this day.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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Classic furniture
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