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A Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted rosso antico marble clock garniture
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A Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted rosso antico marble clock garniture

AFTER ALEXANDRE SCHOENEWERK, CAST BY DELAFONTAINE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

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A Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted rosso antico marble clock garniture
After Alexandre Schoenewerk, cast by Delafontaine, Paris, circa 1860
The gilt-bronze figural group of Bacchante revellers mounted on the clock case, the dial inscribed Lance Balancier with Arabic hours, central roundel inscribed Thiebaut Frères, the twin train movement with pendulum, stamped E.LOURDELET
31½in. (80cm.) high; 13½in. (34.2cm.) wide
And a pair of gilt-bronze mounted rosso antico marble eight-light candelabra en suite -- 33½in. (85.cm.) high (3)
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Pierre-Alexandre Schoenewerk (b.1820, d.1885) was prevented from exhibiting and competing at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts because of his German descent, but he did exhibit at the the Salon between 1841 and 1847. After 1848 he concentrated more on mythological subjects, of which this bronze is a good example.
The fondeur P. M. Delafontaine, active around 1860, produced work of the highest quality and was a chief competitor of the Barbedienne foundry during the second half of the 19th century.

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