LARGE FRENCH 19TH CENTURY SIGNED Frédéric Eugène Piat GILDED CHERUB DORE CLOCK

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LARGE FRENCH 19TH CENTURY SIGNED Frédéric Eugène Piat GILDED CHERUB DORE CLOCK:
$3900.00

OFFERED HERE IS AN AUTHENTIC SIGNED PIAT FRENCH GILDED CLOCK. SIGNED ON THE BACK, MANY OF PIAT\'S PIECES FETCH MANY THOUSANDS AT INTERNATIONAL sales. DIMENSIONS ARE 18.5\" IN HEIGHT BY 19\" IN WIDTH AND 10\" IN DEPTH. A BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC CLOCK IN GILDED PATINA OVER SPELTER. THIS CLOCK WILL SHIP TO MOST US DESTINATIONS FOR UNDER 65. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DETAILS: 951.973.4540

Frederic-Eugene Piat

On his death in 1903 after a career spanning some fifty years, the prominent French sculpteur-ornemaniste, Frédéric-Eugène Piat, left a considerable body of work, principally designs and models for a vast array of clocks, appliques, lampes, candelabras and torchères. Such designs were executed by many of the most reputable firms of Parisian bronziers, among them Christofle, Colin, Lemerle-Charpentier, Motteau and Maison Millet. As an artiste collaborateur with these firms, many of Piat\'s creations, including in all probability this extravagant and monumental pedestal clock, were shown on their respective stands at the major international exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (see Y. Devaux, L\'Univers des Bronzes, Paris, 1978, p. 267, for another marble and bronze horloge, with similar full-length scantily-clad figure, executed by Colin & Cie and shown at the 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition, Chicago). In 1894, Piat gave considerable funds towards the inauguration of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in his native Troyes. Included in his gift, and to be displayed in a specially decorated salon on the museum\'s ground floor, were at least twenty of his creations. Most important among these was an example of the present clock, described as a \"grande horloge Louis XVI, genre de La Fosse, bronze doré à deux tons et bronze vert\". At the Paris Exhibition Universelle of 1878, the bronziers Lemerle-Charpentier exhibited garnitures, vases, torcheres, and a large Louis XVI Style Clock, very similar to the present lot.

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