Louis XVI style ormolu- and Sevres style porcelain-mounted three piece clock garniture
Louis XVI style ormolu- and Sevres style porcelain-mounted three piece clock garniture

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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Louis XVI style ormolu- and Sevres style porcelain-mounted three piece clock garniture
Late 19th Century
Comprising a mantel clock and two four-light candelabra: the vasiform clockcase decorated with rose lattice-work, centred by an circular enamel clockface with Arabic chapters and 'jewelled' bezel door, flanked on each side by garland-bearing female terms terminating in hooved monopodiae, supported by a shaped base on toupie feet; the candelabra decorated en suite with rose bouquets, one nozzle stamped CA
The clock: 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high; The candelabra: 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high (3)

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Identical 18th Century examples of this model clock reside in Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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