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Porcelain and gilded bronze clock set with griffin

Clock set consisting of five pieces, a clock and two pairs of cassolettes, made in gilded bronze and porcelain in the 19th century. Two winged griffins adorn the upper part of the clock, while the protomes of griffins are found on the handles of the cassolettes. The syncretism of various stylistic influences is characteristic of the Napoleon III style.

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Antique Napoleon III style firescreen made of gilt bronze with dancer

Antique Napoleon III style fire screen, made in the 19th century, richly decorated, with a dancer in a medallion. The entire spark screen is decorated in the typical Napoleon III style: foliage, laurel branches, rocaille-inspired knots, rosettes, acanthus leaves and two antique inspired vases on the sides.

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Two-tone Directoire style marble mantel decorated with butterflies

This Directoire-style fireplace is two-colored, composed of two different marbles. This choice is highly representative of fireplace compositions in this style. The fireplace is symmetrical. The band is carved by moldings with rectangular or circular ends. Inside these moldings, two white lines stand out, contrasting with the beige marble veined with gray, red or blue. In the center of the band, a sunflower is carved in a different marble from the one that surrounds it. Above the leg, the fireplace is decorated with two white butterflies in the same color as the central flower, framed by a square carved in beige marble. The butterfly can be seen as a remake of imperial iconography. It can be seen, for example, on Le Grand écrin of Joséphine Empress. The legs are white half-columns, with only the moldings in relief around the top (astragalus) and bottom (torus) of the column are in the beige marble of the fireplace. The fireplace's various patterns, borrowed from nature and Greek Antiquity, are reminiscent of the Louis XVI style inherited by the Directoire style in the 1790s.

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Louis XV style palmette trumeau painted in bronzin