Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley 1847-1919 A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE AND JASPERWARE DECORATED THREE CLOCK GARNITURE Paris, circa 1880

comprising a clock and a pair of eight-light candelabras, the polychrome enamel decorated dial with gilt highlights and garlands signed Beurdeley a Paris, the movement with letters BD and numbered 293 and 87, the clock face and glass door on the back have both been removed to reveal the stamp BD and number 293.

Overall in good condition. Usual tarnishing to gilt bronze consistent with age, especially on the gilded bronze plaques which are extensively tarnished. Small holes in these plaques suggest former decorative elements. The dial is original and has no chips or losses to its jeweled enamels. No nozzles missing to the candlesticks. Some minor oxidation points and tarnishing to the female figure candelabra. Some traces of tape to clock face. All decorative elements of the clock have been cast individually. No key, pendulum or bell. All are very finely cast and chased, consistent with Beurdeley's high quality of manufacture.
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A similar clock set sold Sotheby's London, October 1, 2008, lot 342 for £ 49,250

Specializing in reproducions of the most magnificent articles from the Garde Meuble National, the firm exhibited and won awards at all of the major international exhibitions during the second half of the nineteenth century. The quality and skill employed in production was of exceptional levels: their ormolu mounts with mercurial gilding and hand chasing were often difficult to distinguish from late eighteenth century examples, and were considered the finest in Paris. The firm was pioneered by Jean Beurdeley (1772-1853), later managed by his son Louis-Auguste-Alfred,  who finally imparted it to his son Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis in 1875.  Established at 32 Rue Louis-Le-Grand, the firm also owned pavillion de Hanovre, where it was based while Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis added two additional workshops at 20 and 24 Rue Dautancourt by 1875. The company's workshops closed in 1895 and Beurdeley's stock was sold over a number of auctions conducted by the Galerie Georges Petit of Paris. Two auction catalogues of the collection were published in 1895 and sales were held between March 6-8 and May 27-28. The model for the clock is closely based on an example preserved in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris with a dial signed by Robin (illustrated Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Prðschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p.226). The candelabra are taken from another classic eighteenth century model.