A LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE BOULLE MARQUETRY CLOCK
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A FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED BOULLE MARQUETRY CLOCK, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Height 13 3/4 inches, greatest width 7 1/4 inches, depth 4 1/4 inches. Movement stamped with Samuel Marti pastille stamp also MADE IN FRANCE. Gilding toned and worn on high points due to age. Scroll of cut brass inlay sprung on lower right. Â Area of cut brass inlay missing from behind shell cresting.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the collection of Napoleonic items of George Eustis Paine, a noted 20th-century industrialist from New York, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island. The fine collection of over 155 items comes to sale from Michele Thomure from Illinois, who is Mr. Paine’s step-granddaughter. The sale features a Napoleonic library, including Napoleon’s personal map, autographed material, and books belonging to and about Napoleon; several bronze sculptures of him; portrait miniatures; snuff boxes; and other items of the era.
G. Eustis Paine (1893-1953) was a wealthy 20th-century industrialist, banker and executive, who was chairman of the board of the New York and Pennsylvania Co., paper manufacturers. He was born in Willsboro, New York and graduated from Columbia University. Besides the company he headed, he was Trustee of Hanover Bank, a director and chairman of the Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company’s executive committee, and a director and executive committee member of the Great Northern Paper Co.
Height 13 3/4 inches, greatest width 7 1/4 inches, depth 4 1/4 inches. Movement stamped with Samuel Marti pastille stamp also MADE IN FRANCE. Gilding toned and worn on high points due to age. Scroll of cut brass inlay sprung on lower right. Â Area of cut brass inlay missing from behind shell cresting.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the collection of Napoleonic items of George Eustis Paine, a noted 20th-century industrialist from New York, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island. The fine collection of over 155 items comes to sale from Michele Thomure from Illinois, who is Mr. Paine’s step-granddaughter. The sale features a Napoleonic library, including Napoleon’s personal map, autographed material, and books belonging to and about Napoleon; several bronze sculptures of him; portrait miniatures; snuff boxes; and other items of the era.
G. Eustis Paine (1893-1953) was a wealthy 20th-century industrialist, banker and executive, who was chairman of the board of the New York and Pennsylvania Co., paper manufacturers. He was born in Willsboro, New York and graduated from Columbia University. Besides the company he headed, he was Trustee of Hanover Bank, a director and chairman of the Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company’s executive committee, and a director and executive committee member of the Great Northern Paper Co.
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A LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE BOULLE MARQUETRY CLOCK
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