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A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
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A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

BY RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of fourteen light candelabra: CASE: surmounted by two reclining putti writing the fables de La Fontaine, above a marble panelled freize corned by large acanthus scrolled feet DIAL: white enamel with Roman and Arabic chapters signed 'RAINGO FRES A PARIS', pierced engraved gilt hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels, countwheel strike on bell, the candelabra en suite, each modelled with putto kneeling on a stack of books and holding aloft a cornucopia issuing acanthus, lily-spray and Chrysanthemum cast candelabrum, on a spreading marble panelled hexagonal base, cornered by scroll feet
The clock: 18½ in. (47 cm.) high; 39¾ in. (101 cm.) wide; 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 42 in. (107 cm.) high (3)

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The firm of clockmakers Raingo Frères was established by four brothers in 1813 and recorded at 8 rue de la Touraine by 1830. From the 1840s they expanded their repertoire to include finely cast ormolu mounts for furniture and objects. In addition to the duc de Chartres, for whom they are recorded to have supplied clocks in 1823, they also carried out commissions for Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie circa 1860. Known for the fine quality of their ormolu, the firm exhibited at many of the important expositions of the second half of the 19th century and served as fondeurs for a number of prominent sculptors, including Jean-Jacques Pradier, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and August Moreau.

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