19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property Formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, Argentina

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Lot 214
  • 214

lemerle-charpentier & compagnie a large napoleon III three piece figural clock garniture paris, circa 1875

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Lemerle-Charpentier & Compagnie
  • the clock: height 24 1/2 in; width 27 1/2 in.
  • 62.6 cm; 70 cm
the enamel dial signed CHARPENTIER & Cie./BRONZIER/ A PARIS RUE CHARLOT 8, the twin-train mouvement stamped CHARPENTIER/ FT DE BRONZES/A PARIS and numbered 12.

Catalogue Note

The firm was located at 8, Rue Charlot, Paris, in 1860, and was later known as Lemerle-Charpentier circa 1870 to 1890. They exhibited at the Expositon Universelle of 1878 in Paris, clock garniture as in the present lot and others decorative art objects, but the star piece of their stand was an impressive example of Piat's grande horloge, an example of which was sold Sotheby's, New York, April 26, 2006, lot 105, for $329,600.