Guillaume Denière (1815-1901), Bronze Cupid Clock With Brown And Gilded Bronze Patina, 19th

Guillaume Denière (1815-1901)
Cupid Clock Bronze with brown patina, gilded bronze, red marble base and ceramic dial
19th
Circa 1880
Signed on the dial:
Denière
Ft de bronzes
Paris

Guillaume Denière (1815-1901) Cupid clock Bronze with brown patina, gilded bronze, red marble base and ceramic dial 19th Circa 1880 Signed on the dial: Denière Ft de bronzes Paris Beautiful cupid clock in bronze with brown patina. It rests on a red marble base richly garnished with rosettes, laurels and gilded bronze pearl decorations. Missing a few rosettes and to be revised: restoration quote on request.

Guillaume Denière was born in Paris on May 22, 1815 and died in the same city on November 20, 1901. Bronzier, French manufacturer and banker, he is the son of Jean-François Deninger (known as Denière) (1756-1866), Parisian bronze manufacturer, who created, among other things, the coronation carriage of Charles X. Student of Aimé Chenavard and Henri Labrouste, he succeeded his father at the head of Maison Denière, an important Parisian house of bronzes and goldsmiths, then employing 400 workers, it would be official supplier to Louis-Philippe and the upper bourgeoisie.