BY DENIÈRE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY DENIÈRE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a clock and a pair of three-light candelabra, the clock after the model by Étienne Martincourt, with urn-form case flanked by two allegorical figures emblematic of Astronomy and Geography and centred by a dial inscribed 'DENIÈRE / F^T DE BRONZES' with twin-barrel movement and brocot suspension, the reverse of the movement stamped 'DENIERE / A PARIS' and '3821' and 'CAILLEAUX' and with cachet 'MEDAILLE D'OR / Paris / 1..27' the candelabra en suite, each modelled as a classically-draped maiden supporting foliate branches
The clock: 22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high

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The original design for the mantel clock in this garniture is by Étienne Martincourt (maître 1762). At least four 18th century examples are documented, one of which was supplied circa 1773-7 to Louis XVI for the Salon de Conseil at the Tuileries Palace, and is presently in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (see G. Wilson et. al., European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1996, no. XVI, pp. 114-123).

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