Full marks for our last two auctions, organized by Le Floc'h and Philocale auctioneers, with the collaboration of Cabinet Authenticité for the expertise and appraisal of furniture and objets d'art. Estimates multiplied by two or three for quality lots, from estates and sold in their "juice".

 

Le Floc’h auction on the 6^th October in St Cloud (France)

 

Lot 116, a rare pair of rhytons in silvered bronze decorated with fox heads were sold for 3,400 EUR on an estimate of 800 to 1,200 Euros. Born from the collaboration of two great artists of the nineteenth century, the sculptor Louis-Constant Sévin and founder Barbedienne, this pair may be linked with sterling silver rhyton kept at the Musée d'Orsay.

 

 

Lot 161, an outstanding ormolu clock after a model by Charles Cressent signed by the cabinetmaker Joseph de Saint-Germain was sold for EUR 25,000 against an estimate of 15,000 to 25,000 EUR. Despite the quality of his bronzes and rarity of the model, the dial and the movement, posterior, were an obstacle for many amateur of old clocks.

 

 

Lot 231, a large cabinet veneered of rosewood was sold for EUR 11,000 against an estimated of 7,000 to 9,000 Euros. The beautiful ormolu bronzes were signed by Beurdeley which is considered the most important dynasty of furniture and bronze maker in Louis XV Louis XVI style in the second half of the nineteenth century.

 

 

Philocale auction on the 11^th October in Olivet (France)

 

Lot 161, an outstanding mirror in ebonised wood, carved with mythological decor Meleager and Atalanta were sold for 5,500 EUR against an estimate of 1,500 and 2,500 Euros. Our mirror dated nineteenth century, is strongly influenced by the Baroque style in force in Europe in the seventeenth century.

 

 

Lot 172, an exceptional Louis XV style ormolu garniture de cheminee executed at the end of the nineteenth century was sold 11,500 EUR at the high end of its estimated 9 000 to 12,000 Euros. Resulting from the collaboration of the house Raingo Frères in Paris for the watch making and famous bronze sculptor Henri Picard, it is characteristic of the way of the latter with putti. (Main picture)

 

Lot 174, a large salon in giltwood garnished with tapestry of fables of La Fontaine fetched at 6,300 EUR on an estimate of 2,000 to 3,000 Euros. Made of a sofa, four armchairs and four chairs in Louis XVI style, their conditions have attracted many bidders.

 

 

 

These results show that furniture and objets d'art from the second half of the nineteenth century, except for the cartel by Cressent, are still popular and prestigious signed by Beurdeley, Picard, Linke or Sormani, to name a few, are sought after by amateurs and collectors.

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After 40 years of absence, Georges Braque is finally celebrated in Paris

To mark the 50th anniversary of his death and for four months, the Grand Palais ambitious retrospective of the artist who transformed painting of the twentieth century with its innovative vision of landscape and still life.

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Saturday 12th October, SVV Philocale, assisted by the Cabinet d’expertise Authenticité for fine furniture and works of art, will auction antique paintings, modern and contemporary furniture and objets d'art from the 17th, 18th and 19th century and books and ancient weapons.

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Designer of some of the finest furniture of his time, Charles Cressent (1685 - 1768) is the inventor of clocks of great originality. On October 6^th, Le Floc'h auctioneer, in Saint-Cloud, will sale one of his rare cartels in ormolu. Authenticité appraised this exceptional clock.

 

It is between 1735 and 1740 that Charles Cressent realizes the model of our cartel, called "Type E" by Theodore Dell. It can be recognized on the portrait of President Rieux, painted between 1739 and 1741 by Maurice Quentin de La Tour. It seems that Cressent continued its production until 1750, when the model goes to the Saint-Germain father and son. Joseph de Saint-Germain, who stamped our pendulum was received master cabinetmaker in 1750, he specialized in the manufacture of boxes clocks. Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (1719-1791), his son, is one of the most significant bronziers in the mid-eighteenth century, his most famous models include the rhino clock and the elephant one.

 

 

We find the stamp of Saint-Germain at least on five others clocks identical to ours including one in the Quirinal Palace in Rome. At least five other identical but unstamped copies can be attributed to Charles Cressent including in the Getty Museum, the Royal Collection of Sweden, or in the former Mentmore Collection. The study of inventories shows that this type of cartel was executed with or without console depending as chosen by the buyer. It is interesting to note that our model consoles are usually signed by Jean-Joseph de the Saint-Germain.

 

 

 

Very reasonably estimated £10,000 and £20,000, our clock should appeal interest from major collectors of antique clocks, French art amateurs, Cressent specialists but also French and internationals museums. Its selling price could fetch beyond the £40,000.

 

Informations:

Where: hôtel des Ventes de Saint-Cloud - 1ter boulevard de la République – 92210 Saint-Cloud.

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Cartier, the name evokes, for each of us, luxury, jewelry, gold, precious stones and watches. More than the story of a personality, Cartier is a family in which four successive generations perpetuated and expanded the art of jewelry and watches.

 

Jewelers of the Kings and Queens

In 1847, Cartier was born with the acquisition by Louis-Francois Cartier (1819-1904) of the workshop of his master jeweler. Man of talent, he moved in 1853, place du Palais Royal and in 1859, Boulevard des Italiens.

That same year, Cartier sells jewelry to Princess Mathilde and Empress Eugenie becoming supplier of the Imperial court.

Quickly, Cartier became the supplier of major European and Asian courts and American millionaires.

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