A Napoleon III ormolu, bronze and rouge marble garniture
A Napoleon III ormolu, bronze and rouge marble garniture

BY DENIERE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A Napoleon III ormolu, bronze and rouge marble garniture
By Deniere, Paris, Circa 1870
Comprising a figural clock and a pair of six-branch candelabra: the clock as a seated figure of Cupid with dove, the enamel dial signed Denière/Ft de Bronzes/A Paris, the twin-train movement by Japy Frères, on an oval rouge marble plinth inset with laurel, on toupie feet; the candelabra each as a vase issuing acanthus-sheathed and naturalistic rose branches and with central flaming finial, on truncated column base and conforming plinth and toupie feet
The clock: 19¾in. (50.2cm.) high; 19½in. (49.6cm.) wide; 13¼in. (33.6cm.) deep
The candelabra: 30¼in. (76.8cm.) high (3)

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