IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS
Details
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and white marble mantel clock
In the Louis XVI Style, By Raingo Frères, Paris
Surmounted by a pair of scantily-clad bacchantes, the fluted shaped case flanked to each side by a putto with an urn standing on a tasselled drapery-covered base, the circular blue and white enamel and gilt dial surrounded by acanthus, with Roman numerals and Arabic minute divisions, signed Raingo Frères/ PARIS, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, on shaped base hung with tasselled drapery to the front and inset with a band of scrolling acanthus, supported on the backs of a pair of recumbent lions and on fluted toupie feet
31 in. (78.7 cm.) wide; 27¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.2 cm.) deep
In the Louis XVI Style, By Raingo Frères, Paris
Surmounted by a pair of scantily-clad bacchantes, the fluted shaped case flanked to each side by a putto with an urn standing on a tasselled drapery-covered base, the circular blue and white enamel and gilt dial surrounded by acanthus, with Roman numerals and Arabic minute divisions, signed Raingo Frères/ PARIS, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, on shaped base hung with tasselled drapery to the front and inset with a band of scrolling acanthus, supported on the backs of a pair of recumbent lions and on fluted toupie feet
31 in. (78.7 cm.) wide; 27¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.2 cm.) deep