Pendule À La Glorie du Roi', A Large Louis XV Style Mantle Clock - Adrian Alan
A Large Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mantle Clock by Henry Dasson, Dated 1883, After The Model By Edmé Jean Gallien. Signed 'henry Dasson. 1883'. Surmounted by a wreath-bearing putto, above laurel and acanthus branches, the cylindrical case with twin-barrel movement, Brocot escapement and rack striking to bell, above a rockwork base issuing a sunburst, the
A Large Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mantle Clock by Henry Dasson, Dated 1883, After The Model By Edmé Jean Gallien.
Signed 'henry Dasson. 1883'.
Surmounted by a wreath-bearing putto, above laurel and acanthus branches, the cylindrical case with twin-barrel movement, Brocot escapement and rack striking to bell, above a rockwork base issuing a sunburst, the naturalistic scrolled rocaille foot mounted with two further putti, one with a portrait medallion of Louis XIV.
France, Dated 1883.
This spectacular clock is based on an 18th century model dedicated to the memory of the Sun King, Louis XIV. and as a celebration of the Glory of France. Its full title was ‘La France gouvernée par la sagesse et couronnée par la Victoire qui accorde la protection aux arts’ (France governed with wisdom and crowned by the victory which gives protection the the arts).. The original movement was made by Jean Martinot, the casting and possibly the chiselling by Edmé-Jean Gallien, with gilding by Gobert. It was initially placed in Louis XV’s bedroom at the Château de Fontainebleau before being moved to the Château de Compiègne and then to the Château de Versailles, where it is now on view in the cabinet du Conseil (VMB 8706). The clock face emerges from an elaborate foliate support surmounted by a winged putto emblematic of fame and anchored by two additional putti at the base: the first emblematic of the génie of Mars holding the King’s portrait, the second of France leaning forward in admiration.
The model was widely admired in the 19th century, and in addition to examples by Hendry Dasson, an example by Charles Crozatier and Henri Picard is displayed in the grand salon of the Napoleon III apartments at the Louvre, having formerly been on view at Versailles, the Palais des Tuileries and the Préfecture at Strasbourg (OA 5132).
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