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a french bronze and gilt-bronze mounted mottled granite desk timepiece and garniture, mid 19th century
The fluted plinth case with stiff leaf cast gallery and on octagonal base, inset with a timepiece with white enamel Arabic dial, surmounted a bacchanalian group of a faun running away with a naked maiden after Clodion, the base mounted with his tambourine and signed Clodion
15in. (40cm.) high;
and the pair of four-light candelabra en suite, modelled as trees respectively with figure of a faun playing the pipes and a dancing bacchante under them, each with signature Clodion, on conforming fluted plinths -- 19in. (49cm.) high (3)
The fluted plinth case with stiff leaf cast gallery and on octagonal base, inset with a timepiece with white enamel Arabic dial, surmounted a bacchanalian group of a faun running away with a naked maiden after Clodion, the base mounted with his tambourine and signed Clodion
15in. (40cm.) high;
and the pair of four-light candelabra en suite, modelled as trees respectively with figure of a faun playing the pipes and a dancing bacchante under them, each with signature Clodion, on conforming fluted plinths -- 19in. (49cm.) high (3)