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Pendule au Cupidon battant le tambour, bronze doré, XIXe siècle

Ailes déployées, boucles serrées, le petit dieu lève les yeux et tient ses baguettes contre un tambour qui n'est autre que la pendule. Le cadran d'émail blanc, chiffré en romains, s'inscrit dans une lunette ciselée, adossé à un faisceau de flèches liées. Sur la base ovale, d'un or plus sourd que la figure, se posent des cœurs ailés, et en façade un arc et un carquois noués de rubans, au-dessus de pieds en forme de cœur. Sur l'émail, une inscription cursive précède la mention à Paris.

Les pendules dites Empire naissent sous le Premier Empire, de 1804 à 1814 ou 1815, et leurs formes se prolongent sous la Restauration. Les thèmes guerriers dominent les premières années, et Cupidon y paraît volontiers en conducteur de char. Ici, l'Amour s'empare d'un instrument militaire. Le bronze doré règne sur le genre, l'or étant traditionnellement appliqué en amalgame avec le mercure, que la chaleur fait évaporer. La galerie situe la pièce au XIXe siècle, dans le goût Empire et Consulat, sans dire si elle est d'époque ni préciser son procédé de dorure.

Époque
XIXe siècle
Matière
Bronze doré
Style
Empire, Consulat
Dimensions
l. 21 × h. 27,5 × p. 13 cm
État
En l'état
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Wings spread, curls tight, the little god looks upward and holds his sticks against a drum that is none other than the clock. The white enamel dial with Roman numerals sits within a chased bezel, set against a bundle of tied arrows. On the oval base, of a gold duller than the figure, rest winged hearts, and on the front a bow and a quiver tied with ribbons, above heart-shaped feet. On the enamel, a cursive inscription precedes the words à Paris.

The clocks known as Empire were born under the First Empire, from 1804 to 1814 or 1815, and their forms continued under the Restoration. Martial themes dominate the early years, and Cupid readily appears in them as a charioteer. Here, Love takes hold of a military instrument. Gilt bronze rules the genre, the gold being traditionally applied as an amalgam with mercury, which heat drives off. The gallery places the piece in the nineteenth century, in the Empire and Consulate taste, without saying whether it is of the period or specifying its gilding process.

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  • Les pendules françaises de style Empire sont fabriquées sous l'Empire, 1804-1814/15, et sous la Restauration ; les thèmes guerriers dominent les débuts et Cupidon apparaît en conducteur de char. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Empire_mantel_clock
  • Le bronze doré ou ormolu est obtenu par dorure au feu, amalgame or-mercure chauffé jusqu'à évaporation du mercure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormolu

Gilt bronze Empire mantel clock "cupidon au tambour", 19th century

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