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OUiS XVi GilT BrOnzE inKSTAnD WiTH A MODEl OF lE BAiSEr
DOnnÉ AFTEr JEAn-AnTOinE HOUDOn – circA 1785
Height: 25.5 cm. (10 in.) Width: 24.7 cm. (9 ¾ in.) Depth: 13.5 cm. (5 ¼ in.)
PrOVEnAncE
Sold Ader, Picard & Tajan, Hôtel George V, Paris, 23 June 1988, lot 79
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE
The inkstand is surmounted by a reduction of Jean-Antoine Houdon’s famous sculpture, Le baiser donné or the
The Kiss Given. Houdon first mentions the work in 1772 and lists it in his inventory of works in 1779 and
1780. With its sensual depiction of two young lovers embracing tenderly, it met with great success. A signed
and dated marble from 1778 is in the collection of Stewart and lynda resnick, illustrated in A. Poulet, Jean-
Antoine Houdon, Sculptor of the Enlightenment, Washington, D.c., 2003, pp. 236-241, no. 41. Versions in
different mediums were produced by Houdon’s studio and others as well as being incorporated into
decorative works of art as is the case here. A patinated bronze example attributed to the bronzier Pierre-
Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), a former pupil of Houdon’s, is in the Wallace collection, london (inv. S217).
Model realised as an inkstand:
G. and r. Wannenes, Les Bronzes Ornementaux et les objets montés, Milan, Editions Vausor, 2004, p. 301
Models realised as clocks:
The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Jean Gismondi collection, reproduced in J. D. Augarde, Les ouvriers du temps, Geneva, Antiquorum Editions,
1996, pp. 286-287, no. 219
Fabius Frères collection, reproduced in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, les Editions de
l’Amateur, 1997, pp. 254-255
A lOUiS XV GilT BrOnzE-MOUnTED nEVErS FAiEncE PErFUME
FOUnTAin, circA 1750
Height: 30.5 cm. (12 in.) Width: 15 cm. (6 in.) Depth: 15.7 cm. (6 ¼ in.)
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE
A perfume fountain in chinese porcelain with identical mounts was sold at Ader, Picard, Tajan, Hôtel George
V, Paris, 23 June 1988, lot 58
lOUiS XVi GilT BrOnzE AnD WHiTE MArBlE VASE PENDULE à
CERCLES TOURNANTS clOcK SiGnED COLIAU à PARIS
The spring signed and dated richard mars 1782
Height: 42.5 cm. (16 ¾ in.) Width: 27.7 cm. (11 in.) Depth: 17.5 cm. (7 in.)
This is a very rare form of the pendule à cercles tournantes where not only the two dials but the movement is
turned on its side inside the vase which is framed by its original glass sides and held aloft by two putti.
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE
One other example (lacking the enamel signature plate) was in the collection of Florence Gould and sold
at Sotheby’s Monaco, 25-26 June 1984, lot 626 and subsequently exhibited by Jean Gismondi at the
1984 Biennale des Antiquaires.
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DOnnÉ AFTEr JEAn-AnTOinE HOUDOn – circA 1785
Height: 25.5 cm. (10 in.) Width: 24.7 cm. (9 ¾ in.) Depth: 13.5 cm. (5 ¼ in.)
PrOVEnAncE
Sold Ader, Picard & Tajan, Hôtel George V, Paris, 23 June 1988, lot 79
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE
The inkstand is surmounted by a reduction of Jean-Antoine Houdon’s famous sculpture, Le baiser donné or the
The Kiss Given. Houdon first mentions the work in 1772 and lists it in his inventory of works in 1779 and
1780. With its sensual depiction of two young lovers embracing tenderly, it met with great success. A signed
and dated marble from 1778 is in the collection of Stewart and lynda resnick, illustrated in A. Poulet, Jean-
Antoine Houdon, Sculptor of the Enlightenment, Washington, D.c., 2003, pp. 236-241, no. 41. Versions in
different mediums were produced by Houdon’s studio and others as well as being incorporated into
decorative works of art as is the case here. A patinated bronze example attributed to the bronzier Pierre-
Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), a former pupil of Houdon’s, is in the Wallace collection, london (inv. S217).
Model realised as an inkstand:
G. and r. Wannenes, Les Bronzes Ornementaux et les objets montés, Milan, Editions Vausor, 2004, p. 301
Models realised as clocks:
The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Jean Gismondi collection, reproduced in J. D. Augarde, Les ouvriers du temps, Geneva, Antiquorum Editions,
1996, pp. 286-287, no. 219
Fabius Frères collection, reproduced in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, les Editions de
l’Amateur, 1997, pp. 254-255
A lOUiS XV GilT BrOnzE-MOUnTED nEVErS FAiEncE PErFUME
FOUnTAin, circA 1750
Height: 30.5 cm. (12 in.) Width: 15 cm. (6 in.) Depth: 15.7 cm. (6 ¼ in.)
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE
A perfume fountain in chinese porcelain with identical mounts was sold at Ader, Picard, Tajan, Hôtel George
V, Paris, 23 June 1988, lot 58
lOUiS XVi GilT BrOnzE AnD WHiTE MArBlE VASE PENDULE à
CERCLES TOURNANTS clOcK SiGnED COLIAU à PARIS
The spring signed and dated richard mars 1782
Height: 42.5 cm. (16 ¾ in.) Width: 27.7 cm. (11 in.) Depth: 17.5 cm. (7 in.)
This is a very rare form of the pendule à cercles tournantes where not only the two dials but the movement is
turned on its side inside the vase which is framed by its original glass sides and held aloft by two putti.
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE
One other example (lacking the enamel signature plate) was in the collection of Florence Gould and sold
at Sotheby’s Monaco, 25-26 June 1984, lot 626 and subsequently exhibited by Jean Gismondi at the
1984 Biennale des Antiquaires.
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