'Nieuwe Kunst' Brass and Copper Garniture
£12,500
Mantelpiece press-metal garniture of a clock, candlesticks and vases
The clock movement by Samuel Marti of Montbéliard
The clock marked 'S. Marti Medaille d'or Paris 1900' and inscribed with the numbers '412', '4' and '8'
Dutch, early 20th Century
Product Description
Mantelpiece press-metal garniture of a clock, candlesticks and vases
The clock movement by Samuel Marti of Montbéliard
The clock marked 'S. Marti Medaille d'or Paris 1900' and inscribed with the numbers '412', '4' and '8'
Dutch, early 20th Century
The garniture (a display for a mantle piece) was likely produced in Amsterdam around 1900 for the Amsterdam design gallery Het Binnenhuis, started by the architect H.P Berlage. The design has many striking similarities with the work of Berlage whilst also being reminiscent of pieces by Jan Eissenloeffel who also regularly showed his work in Berlage's gallery. In turn, it was likely produced by the metal workshop Becht & Dysenrinck, known for the decorative use of exposed rivets and constructive joint straps along the brass plates. While the period and place intersected with the Amsterdam School, this clock would sit within the contiguous Nieuwe Kunst movement - a Dutch interpretation of Art Nouveau - which favoured rationalist and socialist principles, making functional designs with common materials.
The Movement is by S. Marti, a renowned clockmaker in Paris in the second half of the 1800s. Samuel Marti established his business in 1841 in Montbéliard, in Doubs, a department in northeast France that was the birthplace of many of the most prestigious clockmakers. This particular movement has a countwheel strike system and a platform escapement consistent with high end Art nouveau production.
Clock:
H: 50.5cm
Candelabra:
H:42 cm
The clock movement by Samuel Marti of Montbéliard
The clock marked 'S. Marti Medaille d'or Paris 1900' and inscribed with the numbers '412', '4' and '8'
Dutch, early 20th Century
The garniture (a display for a mantle piece) was likely produced in Amsterdam around 1900 for the Amsterdam design gallery Het Binnenhuis, started by the architect H.P Berlage. The design has many striking similarities with the work of Berlage whilst also being reminiscent of pieces by Jan Eissenloeffel who also regularly showed his work in Berlage's gallery. In turn, it was likely produced by the metal workshop Becht & Dysenrinck, known for the decorative use of exposed rivets and constructive joint straps along the brass plates. While the period and place intersected with the Amsterdam School, this clock would sit within the contiguous Nieuwe Kunst movement - a Dutch interpretation of Art Nouveau - which favoured rationalist and socialist principles, making functional designs with common materials.
The Movement is by S. Marti, a renowned clockmaker in Paris in the second half of the 1800s. Samuel Marti established his business in 1841 in Montbéliard, in Doubs, a department in northeast France that was the birthplace of many of the most prestigious clockmakers. This particular movement has a countwheel strike system and a platform escapement consistent with high end Art nouveau production.
Clock:
H: 50.5cm
Candelabra:
H:42 cm
Code:
11732
