A five section ormolu and cut-glass sûrtout de table circa 1820, attributed to Klinckerfuß and Münch

of rectangular form with rounded ends, glazed plates and pierced sides decorated with diamond cut-crystal and ormolu medallions between anthemion flower holders, medallions and frieze finely cast in relief with paterae, the double gryphon feet below a breakfront frieze cast in relief with trophies, one of the sections with a label underneath explaining in hand written French how to handle the sûrtout.        

King Wilhelm I of Wurttemberg
Thence by descent

In very good restored condition, with replaced cardboard backings, one glass roundel with a minor chip, and some roundels loose, the mirror plates probably original. Ready to be placed.
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The Württemberg Court style was strongly influenced by the ‘goût Empire‘ which under Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte from circa 1800 onwards, became the official state style. The main inventors and major proponents of this style were the neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer Charles Percier (1764-1838) in close partnership with his friend Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853). As most of the main artists and workshops were based in Paris many things for the Württemberg court were directly ordered there and usually only from the best producers such as Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 – 1843). Furthermore the Württemberg Court also employed its own artists who developed and promoted the local version of the Empire style; such as the German architect and painter Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret (1767-1845), who was court (mainly interior) architect to King Friedrich I von Württemberg and Johannes Klinkerfuss who was court furniture maker to King Wilhelm. As the Württemberg Court of course also needed many special commissions it may be assumed that on various occasions the local artists produced designs which were then probably executed in Paris, as is the case with some of the table decorations in this sale.

The elaborate use of the ormolu and cut crystal medallions can be found – although in a much more restrained fashion – on some Russian, German and French Empire chandeliers but seems to be unique for a sûrtout. This was probably made on special demand from the Württemberg court to match the other ormolu and crystal table decorations and therefore most likely attributable to Johann Klinckerfuss.