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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARCEL-GILT PARIS PORCELAIN GARNITURE DE CHEMINÉE
THE ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN CIRCA 1810
Comprising a portico clock and pair of six-light candelabra, the clock with a circular acanthus-cast dial with roman chapters and signed Chappé à Paris and with anchor escapement striking on countwheel with mock gridiron pendulum and a spring suspension movement suspended between four Ionic columns headed by foliate capitals and surmounted by an acanthus-cast pediment with dentil-moulded frieze, the base with similarly cast foliate banding on block feet, the porcelain decorated throughout with ribbon-tied floral garlands and scrolling foliate spandrils and arabesques; the candelabra with baluster standard headed by S-shaped candlebranches cast as swans and centering a further anthemion-cast nozzle surmounted by a flambeau finial, the circular pedestal cast with engine-turned banding on square plinth, the porcelain similarly decorated, the porcelain signed in several places on clock 'Dess.invent' -the clock: 28in. (71cm. high, 12¼in. (31cm.) wide, 7½in. (19cm.) deep, the candelabra: 30in. (76cm.) high (3)
THE ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN CIRCA 1810
Comprising a portico clock and pair of six-light candelabra, the clock with a circular acanthus-cast dial with roman chapters and signed Chappé à Paris and with anchor escapement striking on countwheel with mock gridiron pendulum and a spring suspension movement suspended between four Ionic columns headed by foliate capitals and surmounted by an acanthus-cast pediment with dentil-moulded frieze, the base with similarly cast foliate banding on block feet, the porcelain decorated throughout with ribbon-tied floral garlands and scrolling foliate spandrils and arabesques; the candelabra with baluster standard headed by S-shaped candlebranches cast as swans and centering a further anthemion-cast nozzle surmounted by a flambeau finial, the circular pedestal cast with engine-turned banding on square plinth, the porcelain similarly decorated, the porcelain signed in several places on clock 'Dess.invent' -the clock: 28in. (71cm. high, 12¼in. (31cm.) wide, 7½in. (19cm.) deep, the candelabra: 30in. (76cm.) high (3)