Table clock. Attributed to Vion et Baury of Paris, Paris, ca. 1870-1880.

Table clock. Paris, ca. 1870-1880.
Attributed to the manufacture VION ET BAURY of Paris.
"Angel and tambourine".
Pendulum clock.
Polychrome biscuit, gilt highlights.
Enameled porcelain base.
Excellent condition. The clock has been checked and works properly.
Measurements: 45 x 41 x 19 cm.

Sculptural pendulum clock, representing an angel or putto next to a clock whose dial is transformed into its tambourine, which is ringing with a mallet. At the feet of the angel rest two white birds symbolizing love, a score, a harp and a bow with arrows. The draperies and the composition manage to confer dynamism and vivacity to the scene. The clock sits on a porcelain rocaille base with gilded ornaments with the "vermicule" motif. The dial is enameled in white, with Roman numerals in black.

Charles Baury (Paris, 1827-1879) was a sculptor who began as a pupil of Rude to become a model maker in the manufacture Gille Jeune (1837-1868). After the death of Gille Jeune (1868), Baury and Désiré Vion acquired the company in rue Paradis-Poissonnèrie. In 1875 they moved production to Choisey-le-roi. Their production was of high quality, specializing in large-scale figures in polychrome biscuit (unglazed porcelain). Vion continued the same type of production after Baury's death, just two years later, in 1877. He won a gold medal in 1878 and 1883. He declared bankruptcy in 1889.