FIRMA BRACIA ŁOPIEŃSCY (founded 1862), Cabinet clock with a pair of candlesticks

marble, gilded bronze, brass, glass;
clock -high. 13 cm, width 13.3 cm, depth 10.8 cm; candlesticks - 20.5 x 7 x 7 cm.
Warsaw, Lopienski Brothers company, 1930s.

Lit.: Clock presented at the exhibition and included in the catalog "Bracia Łopieńscy Tytani Warszawskiego Brązownictwa", July 17 - November 11, 2013, Wola Museum, department of the Historical Museum of the City of Warsaw, p. 112, item 152.

Rectangular base of white marble, on 4 splayed bronze legs, decorated on the front and sides with openwork overlays with a stripe of floral threads; the clock cabinet glazed on 4 sides with beveled glass, cuboidal; mounted on the front a circular dial, white enameled, with Arabic numerals, emphasized from below with painted garlands, shielded by a convex glass in a mottled frame; around the dial, floral festoons tied with a bow, below, musical instruments and notes against a background of crossed laurel branches; finial with a pair of full-figured doves sitting on a bunch of flowers, from which protrude a quiver and a torch; mechanism with a balance regulator; inside the cabinet - signed. "BR. ŁOPIEŃSCY WARSAW";
candlesticks on square marble bases; stems in the form of marble columns braided with oak thread; sleeves of lanceolate leaves set on the heads.

The Warsaw factory of the Lopienski Brothers, whose origins are linked to the person of Jan Lopienski (1838-1907), began operations in 1862. Twenty years later, Jan's sons, Gregory and Feliks, continued their father's work and quickly gained a reputation as excellent foundry artists. They worked with some of the most prominent sculptors, including Czesław Makowski, Pius Weloński, Edward Wittig, Antoni Kurzawa, Xawery Dunikowski, Wacław Szymanowski, Stanisław Szukalski, Henryk Glicenstein, as well as Konstanty Laszczko, a family friend.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the factory was among Europe's leaders and was the largest east of Berlin. In the interwar period, the Lopienski factory cast, among others, statues of Kilinski, Chrobry and the Mermaid.
The factory offered table and salon bronzes, fine decorative sculpture, lighting apparatuses, church apparatuses, as well as excellent quality silverware. The products were appreciated by juries of national and international exhibitions.