GARNITURE D'EPOQUE RESTAURATION

GARNITURE D'EPOQUE RESTAURATION
THE HANGING, SIGNATURE OF THOMIRE IN PARIS, TOWARDS 1820
In malachite veneer and chased and gilded bronze, including a bollard clock and a pair of vases, the dial of the clock signed THOMIRE & Cie and MOINET AINE HGER, the facade presenting griffins facing each other on either side of an antique vase, a motif repeated on the sides flanked by scrolls of foliage, the base encircled by a frieze of acanthus leaves, the movement signed L.MOINET / A PARIS, the base signed on the right side THOMIRE A PARIS. the vases provided with handles, the pedestal encircled at its base with a laurel torus, the base encircled with a frieze of acanthus leaves identical to the clock; some lacks of malachite in the vases, the back door of the clock missing
Pendulum:
H: 47 cm. (18 ½ in.); L.: 27 cm. (10 ½ in.); P.: 10.5 cm. (4 in.)
Vases:
H.: 41 cm. (16 in.) ; L.: 17 cm. (6

in.)
Moinet Ainé, active watchmaker rue des Barres, from 1820 to 1830

Provenance
Most probably offered by the king to his mistress Madame du Cayla for the château de Saint-Ouen;
Château d'Haroué.

Estimate
(USD 83,342 - USD 119,061) ¾ To bid, please see the "Auction Information" section. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.