A Mantle Clock with Putto and Pigeons
Michel Victor Acier (Versailles 1736 - Dresden 1799)
Lot-No. 646
Meissen, designed 1766, made during Marcolini period (1774-1814). Classicist clock case with a sitting putto, sculptural garlands, crowning pair of pigeons. Dial and clockwork later replaced, not working. Clock case with crossed swords mark with star. Rest., min. chipped. H. 31,5 cm, w. 24 cm, d. 13 cm. - Literature: Ill. In exh.cat.: Meißner Porzellan von 1710 bis zur Gegenwart, Köln 1983, 208. - French-German porcelain modeller and sculptor, educated at the Royal Academy in Paris, since 1762 in Meissen, cooperated with J. J. Kaendler, after his death solely responsible for the artistic design. Acier is regarded as pathfinder of the classicism in Meissen.
Michel Victor Acier: A Mantle Clock with Putto and Pigeons
Michel Victor Acier (Versailles 1736 - Dresden 1799)
A Mantle Clock with Putto and Pigeons
Lot-No. 646
Meissen, designed 1766, made during Marcolini period (1774-1814). Classicist clock case with a sitting putto, sculptural garlands, crowning pair of pigeons. Dial and clockwork later replaced, not working. Clock case with crossed swords mark with star. Rest., min. chipped. H. 31,5 cm, w. 24 cm, d. 13 cm. - Literature: Ill. In exh.cat.: Meißner Porzellan von 1710 bis zur Gegenwart, Köln 1983, 208. - French-German porcelain modeller and sculptor, educated at the Royal Academy in Paris, since 1762 in Meissen, cooperated with J. J. Kaendler, after his death solely responsible for the artistic design. Acier is regarded as pathfinder of the classicism in Meissen.
