Important Bronze Wall Cartel, Watchmaker Samuel Marti

important bronze wall cartel decorated with a fire pot in the upper part, a female mascaron in the lower part and rococo style foliage scrolls.

Beautiful dimensions, height 90 cm, width 40 cm, depth 15 cm, this cartel has been cleaned at the bronze level and there are some whitish traces. It deserves a beautiful gilding, the bronze part being in very good condition and of good quality. The mechanism is present but needs to be restored, the curved glass is intact. Bears the stamp of the watchmaker Samuel Marti gold medal Paris 1900 as well as the stamp of the founder H Luppens Paris. Period early twentieth.

Samuel Marti, received the bronze medal in 1860 and the silver medal in 1889 and gold medal in 1900.

Foundry H Luppens BRUSSELS
46-48 boulevard central (later becomes boulevard Anspach) and 20 rue du Chêne 15 rue de Denmark (from 1885) 154-155 boulevard du Nord and 144-148 rue Neuve (in addition, from 1891)
Beginning of activities: 1850 Paris gold medal in 1889 End of activities: after 1970. It is however It is likely that this company gradually abandoned casting work after 1921 to retain only its commercial activities. Founder of art bronzes and dealer (art bronzes, antique art and modern art, clocks, chandeliers, suspensions, etc.). Many of these decorative objects can still be found on the art market.