Vase Clock - France First Quarter XIX Century
Features
France First Quarter XIX Century
Style: Empire (1804-1815)
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Origin: France
Material: Gilded Bronze
Description
Vase clock in gilded bronze resting on a plinth decorated with successive leaf motifs resting on four ball feet. The body, with its characteristic double-edged vase shape, is adorned with finely chiseled and gilded bronze applications: in the lower part a winged medusa face is flanked by anthemes, while in the upper part a panoply rests, on the neck there is a head with butterfly wings; the two sockets are held by two masks and end in a curl on the neck of the vase. White enamelled display with Roman numerals.
Product Condition:
Product that due to age and wear requires restoration and resumption of polishing.
Additional Information
Notes historical bibliographic
Expression of the Empire taste, both in form and in ornamental motifs, the clock is part of the rich and heterogeneous production of French watches, which was widespread in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Vase models were quite widespread: an example is given by the catalog of clocks kept at the Mobilier National, where a similar one appears, in particular in the handles ending in rose windows.Style: Empire (1804-1815)
Decorative style of the furniture that is affirmed under the Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte, that is, between 1799, the year of his election as consul, and 1815, the year of his definitive defeat.It has many elements of continuity with the previous Direttorio style, in the more general Neoclassical climate, which derived from the study of classical antiquity the forms and models to be inspired in the creation of furniture.
The peculiar feature of this style is a greater grandeur and courtesy of the furnishings, which had to convey the grandeur of the French nation to the world, hence the name Empire style.
The furniture is characterized by straight, majestic and massive lines, adorned with motifs dear to Napoleon such as bees, eagles, large Ns surrounded by laurel, and, after the Egyptian campaign, many elements taken from Egyptian art.
He prefers the flat bronze decorations, often gilded, to the refined carvings of previous years.
The typical essence of Empire furniture is mahogany.
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Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
19th Century / 1801 - 1900Material: Gilded Bronze
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