Louis XV Style Standing Cartel In Gilt Bronze To The Genie Of Music, 19th Century.

Ample Louis decorated on its sides with a fine openwork mesh of quatrefoil flowers. Welcoming on the facade a generous ribboned Musical Trophy (viola da gamba, oboe, flute, musical score and fringed cushion flanked by palm leaves, a branch of myrtle), the horological piece is summoned to its amortization by a graceful laureate Cherub now, in an inspired gesture, a Lyre, an attribute of Apollo, tutelary divinity of musical Art and also presiding over Celestial Harmony. Surrounded by stems of country flowers, its white enameled dial indicates the hours and minutes in black-painted Roman and Arabic numerals by two pierced fleur-de-lis hands. The movement numbered "658", the stamp bearing the initials "EB" (unidentified). Quality Parisian work from the second half of the 19th century from the Napoleon III period. Find out more: With a beautiful balance of lines, this ample Cartel to stand with wise Louis in gilded bronze, an undulating decoration chiseled with Rocaille motifs inspired by the plant or mineral world. Crafted with quatrefoil flowers, a fine mesh preciously adorns its sides. A smiling figure in the round of "Cherub Cytharede" crowns its cushioning. Sitting on a small thimble, enveloped in floating draperies, this graceful toddler or Genie with his laurel head of myrtle is preparing to pluck, with an inspired gesture, the strings of a Lyre which he holds in his left hand. This elegiac instrument - attribute of Apollo - responds to an exquisite Musical Trophy. Evocative of the enchanting gallant or pastoral universe of the 18th century "sung" by the paintings of Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), François Boucher (1703 -1770), this one associating around a ribboned knot with passemeterie, viola da gamba, flutes, score, fringed cushion, palm and foliage branches of myrtle (Symbols of glory and love) place - just like the rural flowers framing the dial - this timepiece under the auspices of Music and the feeling of love. Imbued with this "distinctive, refined taste of the Belle Epoque of Louis by the bronziers of the reign of Louis feelings. Parisian work in Louis XV style from the second half of the 19th century. Napoleon III period. Dimensions: H.: 51 cm;-L.: 32 cm;-Dr.: 18 cm. Materials: chiseled and gilded bronze; enamel and glass. Good condition. Original gilding. With its key and its pendulum.