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Mantelpiece set comprising a clock and two vases, in fine polychrome Bordeaux earthenware signed Jules Vieillard*, hexagonal-shaped clock surmounted by a Fô dog, on each side heads of elephants and herons, resting on a rectangular base , dial with Roman enameled numerals, vases with foliage motifs, from the late 19th century.
This clock is in good condition as well as the vases. Signed below, old merchant label under the clock. The movement is signed "AD Mougin two Medals", works, we have the key and the pendulum.
A note: a small chip on an ear of the Fô dog, some enamel defects, wear of time, see photos.
is a Bordeaux earthenware factory, located on the quai de Bacalan. It succeeded the David Johnson factory in 1845. It was managed by Jules Vieillard until his death in 1868: his sons Albert and Charles, who shared management with their father since 1865, took over until its closure in 1895. Well before the arrival, in the 1870s, of Amédée de Caranza (1840-1912), artistic director who put at the service of the factory taken over by the sons of Jules Vieillard, in addition to an unbridled inventiveness, his taste for Persian art and its deep understanding of Japanese graphic arts, the Bordeaux earthenware factory is already creating pieces marked by the taste of a fancy Orient, with its exotic landscapes, palm trees, weeping willows, junks, fabulous birds and other dragons. Other decorations are inspired by prestigious commissioned porcelain, imported from China in the 18th century by the Compagnie de Indes Orientales.
