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Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE (attributed to) - Gilded bronze set clock in the taste of Japan

This set clock, attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892), was made in the 19th century. The base of the candelabrum and the clock rests on feet in the shape of elephant heads. The design of the feet and the presence of the symbol evoking the Shu ideogram are characteristic of the production of Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886), a leading figure in Japanese art in France.

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Napoleon III style clock, in Sèvres night blue porcelain and gilded bronze

Night blue porcelain from Sèvres and gilded bronze clock, made in the 19th century. Clock with cupids , a white enamelled dial with Roman numerals adorned with an angel, two ram's heads on the sides and two covered vases decorated with gallant scenes. Dial signed "Au vase de Sèvres 15 Bd Montmartre Paris".

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Willy Guhl, Rare pair of tooth planters, circa 1954

This rare pair of planters was made by the Swiss designer, Willy Ghul in the 1950's in natural fiber cement. It's the edition « Eternit AG/Elo, 1954 » which is shaped as an abstract triangle reminding a tooth shape. « Willy Guhl was an inventor, an experimenter, a resercher and a visionary. Despite that, he did not get lost in utopia. He reveals himself to be pragmatic almost a genius. » Robert Haussman Willy Guhl was part of these historical designers historiques who have contributed to the international reputation of the Swiss design. He was one of the big representative of Neo-Functionalism. From a carpenter father, he follows a furniture maker formation in the Kunstgewerbeschule of Zurich – School of applied arts of Zurich here he teaches from 1941 -, and becomes the director of the interior architecture department 10 years after. He leads in the late 1940's pionneer reaserches in the plastic furniture field. He develops then a knowledge about moulding technical that we allow him to reveal himself by transposing them on a new material : the Eternit, also called fibercement, which he is one of the first to use in Europe. The Eternit is a kind of cement reinforce by asbestos and with a fiber texture which allows to create audacious pieces with new shapes. It takes the aspect of larges slabs to which it is possible to give a shape as long as they are not dried. Produced in the origin for the industry, it's a cheap material with an important resistance, so perfectly adapted for the fabrication of external furniture.