ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 14th October 2025

119 Country House Collections|13 th - 14 th October 2025 723 PAUL EMILE BOUTIGNY (FRENCH 1853 - 1929) Arrival for the Wedding Oil on canvas, 91 x 71cm Signed ‘E Boutigny & dated 1928’ lower right € 3,000 - 5,000 724 GUSTAVO SIMONI (ITALIAN 19TH CENTURY ‘Fêtes Galantes’ A pair, oval, oil on canvas, each, 158 x 95cm Each signed ‘G Simoni, Paris 1881’ Provenance: Sotheby’s, ‘19th Century Euro- pean Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors’ No- vember 15, 1995, Lot no. 122 € 2,000 - 4,000 725 A FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY LONGCASE REGULATOR CLOCK AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, LATE 19TH CENTURY the shaped case surmounted by a figure of Chro- nos, with an enamel dial with Roman numerals inscribed with ‘Fde Saintilan Paris’ above a con- forming base with glazed pane, on heavy paw feet and serpentine base. 256cm high Charles Cressent (1685 - 1768) was French cab- inetmaker and sculptor. He learned the craft of bronze casting from his father François Cressent (1663–ca. 1745). On moving to Paris he worked with sculptors François Girardon (1628–1715) and Robert Le Lorrain (1666–1743). On the occa- sion of his marriage to the widow of a cabinet- maker to Philippe (1674–1723), the duc d’Orléans and Regent of France, he was automatically ad- mitted to the Paris guild of ebenistes. The patron- age of Phillipe helped to secure his success in the early years of his career in Paris. However on the death of the Regent in 1723, Cressent lost his relative protection against the strict rules of the Paris guilds and he was fre- quently fined by the guild authorities on suspi- cion of casting furnishing bronzes (such as clock cases and firedogs), thereby transgressing his limits as a cabinetmaker. He was forbidden from making decorative mounts, usually produced from gilded brass or bronze, as ornaments or small scale sculptures, regularly employed by Pa- risian cabinetmakers in their designs. Cressent favoured parquetry veneering en- hanced by beautifully chased gilt bronze or var- nished bronze mounts. His skilful use of it in his clock cases greatly contributed to his popularity and renown in the final decades of Louis XV’s reign. A similar example of a longcase clock by Cressent can be found in the Royal Collections Trust (RCIN 30035) which is also surmounted by the figure of Chronos or Father Time, holding his harvesters’ sickle. € 7,000 - 10,000