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AIR OF EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE VASES ON
SERPENTINE MARBLE BASES – CIRCA 1805-1810
Height: 49 cm. (19 ¼ in.) Width: 14.8 cm. (5 ¾ in.) Width and depth of base: 13 cm. (5 in.)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
An identical pair of vases is currently arranged on the mantlepiece of the green porphyry chimney
in the Salon de Musique of the Hôtel de Beauharnais in Paris. They are attributed to Claude Galle
(1759-1815) and illustrated in J. Ebeling and U. Leben (eds.), Le style Empire: l’hôtel de Beauharnais à
Paris. La résidence de l’ambassadeur d’Allemagne, Paris, 2016, p. 272, and Odile Nouvel-Kammerer (ed.),
L’aigle et le papillon: symboles des pouvoirs sous Napoléon, 1800-1815, Paris, 2007, p. 84, fig. 6.
A LOUIS XVI GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE
MANTEL CLOCK, THE DIAL SIGNED COUSIN HGER DE MGNR
CONTE D’ARTOIS – CIRCA 1785
Height: 55 cm. (21 ¾ in.) Width: 23 cm. (9 in.) Depth: 12.5 cm. (5 in.)
Joseph-Simon Cousin (1754 – after 1789), maître on 5 June 1778, had the title of Horloger de
Monseigneur le Comte d’Artois before 1781.
This clock has the distinctive feature of an oscillating movement and dial which acts as a pendulum.
The white enamel dial indicates the hours with Roman numerals and the minutes with Arabic
numerals by means of cut and gilt brass hands and the seconds by means of a blued steel sweep
hand. The triangular-shaped movement acts as the pendulum with a knife-edge suspension and
pinwheel escapement and chimes the hours and half-hours by means of a count-wheel on the
backplate.
AN EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE AND
GRIOTTE MARBLE MODEL OF SLEEPING ARIADNE –
CIRCA 1810-1815
Height: 36 cm. (14 ¼ in.) Width: 45.5 cm. (18 in.) Depth: 21 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
PROVENANCE
Sale, Knight, Frank and Rutley auctioneers, circa 1960
Collection of Anthony and Marietta Coleridge, United Kingdom
The antique Sleeping Ariadne was acquired by Pope Julius II in 1512 for the Vatican’s Cortile
delle Statue. Because of the serpent shaped bracelet she wears, she was initially believed
to be Cleopatra. By the late 18th century, once moved inside the Vatican museums, the
subject was correctly recognised as Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete.
Although many 19th century interpretations exist, the presentation here, reclining on a
chaise longue, is unusual. A near identical model, undoubtedly from the same foundry, is in
the Royal Collection and displayed in the drawing room of Osborne House on the Isle of
Wight (RCIN 3240).
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SERPENTINE MARBLE BASES – CIRCA 1805-1810
Height: 49 cm. (19 ¼ in.) Width: 14.8 cm. (5 ¾ in.) Width and depth of base: 13 cm. (5 in.)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
An identical pair of vases is currently arranged on the mantlepiece of the green porphyry chimney
in the Salon de Musique of the Hôtel de Beauharnais in Paris. They are attributed to Claude Galle
(1759-1815) and illustrated in J. Ebeling and U. Leben (eds.), Le style Empire: l’hôtel de Beauharnais à
Paris. La résidence de l’ambassadeur d’Allemagne, Paris, 2016, p. 272, and Odile Nouvel-Kammerer (ed.),
L’aigle et le papillon: symboles des pouvoirs sous Napoléon, 1800-1815, Paris, 2007, p. 84, fig. 6.
A LOUIS XVI GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE
MANTEL CLOCK, THE DIAL SIGNED COUSIN HGER DE MGNR
CONTE D’ARTOIS – CIRCA 1785
Height: 55 cm. (21 ¾ in.) Width: 23 cm. (9 in.) Depth: 12.5 cm. (5 in.)
Joseph-Simon Cousin (1754 – after 1789), maître on 5 June 1778, had the title of Horloger de
Monseigneur le Comte d’Artois before 1781.
This clock has the distinctive feature of an oscillating movement and dial which acts as a pendulum.
The white enamel dial indicates the hours with Roman numerals and the minutes with Arabic
numerals by means of cut and gilt brass hands and the seconds by means of a blued steel sweep
hand. The triangular-shaped movement acts as the pendulum with a knife-edge suspension and
pinwheel escapement and chimes the hours and half-hours by means of a count-wheel on the
backplate.
AN EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE AND
GRIOTTE MARBLE MODEL OF SLEEPING ARIADNE –
CIRCA 1810-1815
Height: 36 cm. (14 ¼ in.) Width: 45.5 cm. (18 in.) Depth: 21 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
PROVENANCE
Sale, Knight, Frank and Rutley auctioneers, circa 1960
Collection of Anthony and Marietta Coleridge, United Kingdom
The antique Sleeping Ariadne was acquired by Pope Julius II in 1512 for the Vatican’s Cortile
delle Statue. Because of the serpent shaped bracelet she wears, she was initially believed
to be Cleopatra. By the late 18th century, once moved inside the Vatican museums, the
subject was correctly recognised as Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete.
Although many 19th century interpretations exist, the presentation here, reclining on a
chaise longue, is unusual. A near identical model, undoubtedly from the same foundry, is in
the Royal Collection and displayed in the drawing room of Osborne House on the Isle of
Wight (RCIN 3240).
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