Silvered and gilt bronze
Silvered and gilt bronze
This charming antique French mantel clock was created by Alfred Beurdeley, who was among the most renowned bronze craftsmen in the late 19th Century.
By Alfred Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) and modelled as a seated putto holding a paper, leaning against a pedestal fronted by an enamelled dial signed ‘A. Beurdeley Fils / A Paris’, surmounted by a sculptors hammer, chisel and carved head on which stands a cockerel, raised on a plinth base with stiff leaf and gadrooned borders, on toupie feet, the inside of the back door stamped ‘B Y’.
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