Fireplace clock
Chandelier with clock on fire-gilt bronze base decorated with porcelain figures and flower-tree, porcelain figures
Meissen, around 1750 (models by J. J. Kaendler)
Flower tree with flowers from Vincennes
Clock richly chiselled original work with chain drive
Signed: Jean Warin, Paris (Master 1744)
Measurements: each 28 cm x 20 cm x 12 cm
Here we are dealing with an opulent rococo-extravagance. The holding part is a kind of tree trunk, which grows from a fantasy base, flanked by two candlesticks, decorated with a flower decor of Vincennes and a garden shade with Meissen porcelain figures.
Such elaborate works are rather rare. An important aesthetic decision was to give up the compact form of the usual présentoirs in favor of a light, transparent one Layout.
The staging of the clock reflects on the bucolic, the idealizing shepherds and natural romance (which goes back to Theocrit and later Vergil).
The rural life was idealized and interpreted as an arcadian idyll, the garden at the Herrenhaus was a version of the idealized nature from outside. This is represented in time-typical and artfully perfect way.
Selection of Furniture
Commode Fireplace clock Giltwood mirror Table de Salon Commode Demi-Lune-Commode Table en chiffonnière Ladies-Voyeuse Banquette Louis XV Encrier Pair of Rococo-mirrors Table en chiffonnière Rococo-console Secrétaire à Abattant Pendule A Pair of Appliques Bureau Plat Commode Louis XV – Pierre Rousselle Coiffeuse en forme de cœur A Set of four Fauteuils Tabouret Table Bouillotte et son Bouchon – Louis XVI Secretary A Pair of Fauteuils A Pair of Bergères Bonheur-du-jour A Pair of Consoles