A FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE CLOCK GARNITURE
A FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE CLOCK GARNITURE

BY DENIÈRE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY DENIÈRE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of seven-light candelabra, the clock surmounted by a bronze figural group of a satyress, enfant satyr and putto signed 'CLODION', atop an oval rouge griotte marble plinth fronted by a torch and quiver attributed above an enamel dial with pierced ormolu hands and signed 'Denière Ft de Bronzes A Paris', the sides inset with relief-cast ormolu plaques of bacchic putti, on tapering quadruple feet, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, the candelabra en suite: each with a bacchic figure holding aloft a neoclassic candelabrum, on a cicular base inset with relief-cast plaques with tapering quadruple feet
The clock: 26 in. (66 cm.) high; 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high (3)

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