Unique France

Grand Father clock / Comptoise. Louis XV period carved in oak with elegant cabriolet feet, and the crown in the shape of “chapeau de gendarme”. Typical work of the Perches region in the lower part of Normandie. Original movement in working order.

Original model “a l’antique” representing a Roman philosopher in bronze on his black marble base ornate with tinsels of flowers and crowns of laurel leaves in gilt bronze.

Elegant Portico in marquetry of exotic woods. Neo Classical shape favorite of the Charles X period.

Horloge Louis XVI style Neo Romantique design with ormulus.

Garniture with the round Louis XVI style portico clock and its pair of cassolettes. White Carara marble decorated with Neo-Classical gilded bronze mounts and copper inlays with Egyptian scenes.

Rare model of clock by Vincenti in a pyramidal shape. The pyramidal body in gilded bronze is decorated with motives of bow and different instruments and stand on its base.

Rare model of clock in gilded bronze from the “Romantique” period. This style called “troubadour” was inspired by the medieval period. Our Clock represents Marguerite d’Anjou (1429-1482), Princess of France who married Henri VI, king of England. This clock is signed by the maker : Cailleux, 13 rue Saint-Honore and the movment is stamped “gold medal in 1827″and is in perfect condition.

Exceptional model of Restauration period clock in gilded bronze figuring Orphee and differents symbols of musique.
This model can be found in the famous encyclopedia of the French clock by Pierre Kjellberg, page 405, illustration D.

Portico clock in marquetry signed by Leroy in Paris.

Clock in marble and gilded bronze with its pair of candelabras in a pure Louis XVI style. Perfect condition, movement signed by Samuel Marti.

Clock in marble and ormolu bronze signed by Planchon, Paris. Rare model in the most decorative Louis XVI style ornate with 4 porcelain inlays from Wedgwood. Provenance : Chateau de Vauxbuin in l’Aisnes area.

Clock in its candelabras Louis XVI style. Highly decorated with the cherub and instruments of music, classical urns in gilded bronze and Carara marble.

Pair of candleholders offering 5 branches in brass decorated with brass leaves and interlaced with lily flowers in Opaline. Napoleon III period.

Statue in gilded bronze of the biblical theme of Ruth, represented with the wheat harvesting in the field, contemplentating her choice of Love and country.

Selette Louis XVI style – Revisited in a contemporary design, part of the Collection Maille – Decorated with black and white strippes and enhanced with silver finish.

Jardiniere or planter in its elegant Rocailles style. Assymetrical volute shapes perfectly balanced around a stylized regency shell. Platted silver of the 19th century., this jardiniere has its original crystal bowl inserted. Napoleon III period piece.

Box for Tea in ebonzsed lacquered wood with hand painted gilded chinoiserie decor. Typical of the Napoleon III period. Completed inside with a highly decorative enngraved tin box divided into two compartments for storing dry the tea.

Correspondance box in ebonized wood highly decorated with inlays of brass and mother of pearls and ivory, monogram CM. Silk upholstered inside with deep buttoning and a divided compartment to store the letters. Typical work of Napoleon III period.

Elegant box for gloves from the Napoleon III period. Walnut burlwood decorated with inlays of brass and mother of pearls enhanced with ebonized wood in the Boulle style. Lined with deep buttoned blue silk inside in perfect condition.

Decorative box in walnut burlwood and rosewood, inlays of brass with monograms: LV Typical of the Napoleon III period

Elegant box for gloves. Made in ebonized wood with inlays of rosewood, mother of perals and brass. Typical of Napoleon III period reviving the Boulle style

Carrara Marble bust of a lady wearing a veil. This Italian technic of “voilage” reveals the grace of this important piece

Fountain for Sake in porcelain Imari from the 19th century in perfect conditon

Ewer in bronze  in its original double patine. Neo-Gothic style

Pair of candlesticks design using the first empire riffles and canons

Two different candleholders, both in distressed gilded wood from the 17th century period

pair of candlesticks in crystal

Pair of pic cierges / candlesticks . Silvered wood. Louis XV period.

pair of candlesticks in gilded bronze. Regency style

An important pair of gilded bronze candelabras in the typical Louis XV style called “Rocaille”. Motives of flowers and leaves were the most important ornament during this period.

A Chines bowl in white and blue Porcelain.

A jewelery box decorated with a French enamel from Limoges on copper plaque.

An incense burner from the XIXth Century in gilded bronze on its marble base. The top decorated as a flame display several holes as to place insence sticks.

- Girandolles – a very important pair of candelabras made under the reign of Napoleon III in gilded bronze in a typical “Rocaille” style, almost baroque: very representative of the Louis XV period.

Rare statue in bronze with double patina represented le Duc de Savoie on his horse. This statue in bronze is attributed at Emmanuel Fremmiet (Paris 6 Decembre 1824 – Paris 10 Septembre 1910) and is typical from this artist who created la Jeanne d’Arc, place des Pyramides in Paris.Pierre Kjellberg’s dictionnary of the XIXth Century bronzes lists Fremiet page.327.

Decorative and figurative bronze “bas relief” representing a scene of the 16th century, in the dining room offering a cheers in the Honor of the Lady.

Pair of bronzes representing 2 busts of gentlemen mounted on their columns. Original gilding and patina

Bust in bronze in the Neo-Greek style. Typical piece by Achille Collas who worked with Ferdinand Barbedienne from 1838 at a new way to create bronzes and particularly to realise the patina.This sculpture is mounted on its original marble base.

Elegant bronze representing a Lady in the Antiquity. The drapes of her robe and the platting of her hair along with the movement are ones of fine work. Original patina and marble base ” Vert Patricia”

Classic theme under the Romanticism, representing a cherub palying running after his goat. Original patina in a fine gilding on bronze.

Statue sculpted in oak representing a Saint on his knees. We can notice where the wings took place on the back of the sculpture.

Very decorative work of sculpture in a panel of oak. This pannel in the gothic style is directly inspired by the tendance of the second part of the XIXth Century. This very unusual piece has probably been made by a master sculptor and is signed on its back.

Bust of Jeanne of Arc in alabaster.This sculpture is interesting by the simplicity and elegance of the drapes and posture. Unsigned work from the XIXth Century.

Bronze with double patina signed by Joseph-Victor Chemin, born in Paris the 25th of August 1825 an died in 1901. He was a student of Barye, the most famous sculptor of animals. Victor Chemin started in the exibition of 1857.The E. Benezit: Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Victor Chemin on volume 2,page 704.

Important statue in silvered bronze representing a person from “la Renaissance”, typical theme of inspiration under the “Romantique” period.

Bust in bronze by Michel Louis Victor Mercier, born in Meulan the 24th of May 1810 and died in 1984.He entered in “l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts” in 1831 and was student of Pradier.He was one of the 8 students of the master who created his tomb in the “Pere Lachaise” cemetery.A statue in marble of Ste Genevieve can be seen in the jardin du Luxembourg in Paris and many other busts are kept in the museum of Versailles.The E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Paintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Professor Michel Mercier on volume 7, page 340.

Statue in gilded bronze representing “Vauban”, most famous architect under Louis XIV. Vauban is represented here on the fortification of Valenciennes, city that has been taken and fortified by Vauban in 1677. After 1678, Valenciennes became the most important fortified city of the North of France. This statue, unsigned is extremly fine and can be considered as a master work.

Bust of an Emperor in bronze by Mathurin Moreau;born in Dijon, the 18th of November 1822 and died in Paris the 14th of February 1912. Son and student of Jean-Baptiste Moreau, in 1841 he entered in “l ecole des Beaux-Arts” and worked with Ramey and Dumont.He got the second price of Rome in 1842 and got many other decorations. He built many monuments such as a marble group in Beaune or the statue of President Carnot in Dijon.He was the mayor of the XXth district of Paris at the end of his life.The E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Mathurin Moreau on volume 7, page 529.

Rare bust in marble by A.Piazza-Carrara representing an “elegant”, typical lady of the Second Empire.
The E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Professor A. Piazza-Carrara on volume 8, page 292. It also records works by the artist at The Musee de Montpellier.

Rare statue in wood representing Poseidon on a wave. Elegant carving in pear wood from the 18th century, representing the strenght of the God.

Statue in wood representing the “Virgin and the Child”. Religious statue from the XVIIth Century on its base created at the end of the XIXth Century.

Statue in bronze by Georges Flamand, sculptor from the second part of the XIXth Century and first part of the XXth Century. Our statue named “le semeur de gloire” (spreader of gloria) has been created after the war in 1870 against the Prussians and glorifies the army with the representation of a man who spread laurel estrained in a flag.

Rare statue in silvered bronze by Celestin-Anatole Calmels (Paris 1822-Lisbonne 1906) representing “the castanet player”. The sculptor learnt his art from the master Jean-Jacques Pradier (1790-1852) and was one of the 8 artists, students of Pradier who created his tomb in le “Pere Lachaise” cemetery. Calmels has been granted with the 2nd grand prix de Rome in 1839. He spent most of his life in Lisbonne where he built different important monuments.The E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Calmels on vol.2 page 466.

Statue of a dog in bronze by Louis Albert Carvin (Paris 7/08/1875-6/01/1951). The artist was a student of Fremiet and Gardet, specialised in animal representations often inspired by “les fables” de La Fontaine.The E. Benezit: Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Louis-Albert Carvin on volume 2,page 569 and the dictionnaire des sculpteurs by Pierre Kjellberg lists the arist page 196.

Writing case for travel. It open on a leather writing pad and offers 2 inkers and secret fitting out.
A bronze scroll on the top has not been engraved. It can be done with the inatial of its new owner.

Globe de mariage is the crown of a bride kept under a glass dome. This habit was in use during the end of the XIXth Century and until first world war. Our example is a rare early model offering a music box with two tones and is still very fresh and in perfect condition.

Crucifix in a Regence period. Perfect condition gilded wood frame. The frame called “a parecloses” is sculpted in lime wood, and has its original [patina and holds the original mirrors.

Coffret a senteurs
Authentic pressed leather from Cordoue decorated with fruits, birds and flowers revving the taste of the Renaissance. Includes its original bottles, hand gilded.

Ink well Empire period highly decorated with pelmet design and acanthus leaves in gilded bronze.

Ink well Empire period in porcelain from the Paris manufacture, hand painted and gilded.

Pair of compote in bronze in its original patina. Highly sizzled with Classical figurines, courting and erotic scenes.

Petrol lamp Louis XVI style. Gilded bronze highly decorated in the Neo-Classical taste with tinsel of flowers, acanthus leaves design and ram’s heads and hoof feet.

Imposing Bust in Terracotta representing Jean Baptiste Colbert, ministry of Finance under Louis XIV. Finely carved in a movement of drapes and attention to proportion and details to its must.

Vase in the shape of an amphore Neo-Classical style of the First Empire period. Porcelain hand painted of country style sceneries.

Pair of vases “famille rose” in Chinese porcelain. This shape is called “cornet”. Perfect condition.

Pair of vases in tin casted in the Empire style and decorated with hand painted scenes representing a village under the First Empire at its front and instruments of music at its back.

Vase in Chinese porcelain in the style of the green family. A silver base has been added at the end of the XIXth Century.

Pair of vases in Porcelain from the Paris manufacture. Typical style in its Rocailles shape and decorations of hand painted flowers at the front and back and gilded around the edges

Decorative vase from Sevres. This vase is hand painted and signed by Rochette.The decor inspired by the painter Boucher represant an allegory of Spring and Love.

Pair of vases Empire period in the favorite design of Neo Classical pattern. Hand painted and gilded on porcelain de Paris.

Pair of vases in porcelain de Paris, hand painted and gilded symbolizing the Spring and the Summer.

Pair of vases in tinted green glass and decorated with hand painted poppies on enamel.