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19th C. Egyptian Revival Marble Clock + 2 Garnitures
19th C. Egyptian Revival Marble Clock + 2 Garnitures
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North America, United States, Egyptian Revival period, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. An opulent trio of brass and marble Egyptian Revival pieces: a clock with a gilt face and a pair of candlestick garnitures. First, the clock presents a trapezoidal form surmounted by a brass figure of Osiris, the Egyptian god of fertility and the afterlife, shown seated on a throne, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a crook and flail. The sides of the throne are adorned with hieroglyphic inspired decoration. A pair of Apis bull heads project from the left and right sides of the clock and a bird, perhaps an ibis for the god Thoth, is placed just beneath the clock face. The face of the clock is inscribed "Bailey & Company / Philadelphia" indicating that this part of the piece was made between 1846 and 1878 before Bailey & Company became Bailey, Banks & Biddle. Size of clock: 10.5" W x 19.25" H (26.7 cm x 48.9 cm); of garnitures (both about the same: 10.5" W x 12.9" H (26.7 cm x 32.8 cm)

Alternatively, the garnitures are each in the form of a standing pharaoh wearing a pschent - the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt - and holding 2 snakes that slither outward to grasp a torch or the candle nozzle in its mouth.

Much Egyptian Revival furniture is marked by the combination of Egyptian motifs and symbols with more traditional Western forms, particularly the classical - as seen here. While orientalist themes and subjects were common in painting and sculpture, Egyptian iconography was generally translated into the decorative arts, as the highly stylized aesthetic that meshed well with everyday objects like this example.

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Provenance: private Pasadena, California, USA collection; ex-private estate collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, formed between 1970 and 2000

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Condition
Clock is not functional in current condition. Innerworkings of clock were replaced in the 1960s, though pendulum, anchor, and dial are no longer attached. Some chipping to marble, most notably on left corner of Osiris's plinth. Figure on 1 garniture is slightly loose. Otherwise, all have an excellent presentation with light patina.
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19th C. Egyptian Revival Marble Clock + 2 Garnitures

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Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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