Henry Dasson 1825-1896 A Louis XVI Style gilt and patinated bronze and porphyry three piece clock garniture Paris, 1890

the white enamel dial inscribe H^{RY DASSON / A PARIS}, crested by a floral spray and supported by a figure of a kneeling putto, on a cylindrical porphyry platform on a square leaf cast base, flanked by a pair of candelabra each molded as a winged putto supporting three foliate candle arms, each signed henry Dasson et Cie, 1890 to the gilt-bronze base, the movement stamped L.B. and stamped MEDAILLE LARGENT / VINCENTI & C^{IE / 1855}  over the numbers 106 3.7.

See P. Kjellberg, La Pendule Français, Paris, 1997, p. 477, pl. D for another clock garniture by Dasson dated 1881 with exactly the same candelabras. 

Overall good condition. Some minor areas of dirt and some scratches to the patinated and gilt-bronze. Minor wear to the porphyry.
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Henry Dasson (1825-1896) established his workshop at 106, Rue Vielle du Temple, after a brief career at Rue des Nonnains-d'Hières in the fabrication of bronze artifacts and clocks in association with Godot.  In 1871, he bought the workshop and stock for 14,000 francs from the widow of the ébéniste Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, and soon became recognized as a brilliant ébéniste and bronzier.  Specializing primarily in the production of works from the Garde Meuble National, he participated in the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle. He was made a Chevalier de la  Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. When the business finally closed in 1894, an auction was organized clearing the remaining of his stock.