Lacquered Brass Clock Garniture by E. Lohse, 19th Century
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A French lacquered brass clock garniture by E. Lohse, late 19th century, in the manner of Viardot or Lievre, the clock with white enamelled dial having Roman numerals and signed '.. Lemaire / E. Lohse SUCr / 71 Rue Vieille-Du-Temple', in the Henri II style, the case cast with strapwork and grotesque masks flanked by a pair of matching five light candelabra, height of clock 49 cm
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- Grotesque - Grotesque decoration is any fanciful ornament applied to furniture and decorative arts, and includes distorted faces, mythical animals such as satyrs and sphinxes and less frequently fantastical fruit and flower forms.
The Martin Brothers who set up their pottery at the end of the nineteenth century in Southall, Middlesex derived their fame from their hand made models of grotesque stoneware birds. - Manner of .... / Style of ..... - A cataloguing term where the item, in the opinion of the cataloguer is a work in the style of the artist, craftsman or designer, possibly of a later period.
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