OF LOUIS XV STYLE, BY RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH LARGE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, BY RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The foliate cast dial with blue and white enamal Roman cartouches, surmounted by C-scrolls, rockwork and foliage above a water nymph sitting in a scallop flanked by a cherub with twin scaled tail, flanked to each side by a triton blowing into a conch, on a serpentine-shaped base, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, stamped on the back plate Raingo Frères, Paris and numbered 9. and 10; pendulum; key
79 cm. high x 55 cm. wide x 30 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Little is known about the French clockmaker Raingo, who almost certainly apprenticed in Paris circa 1790. He moved to Belgium, circa 1800, probably for political reasons, and from the signatures on some of his clocks it is known that he worked in Gand and Tournay. Later, in 1823, he is recorded as being clockmaker to the duc de Chartres. The company itself became Raingo Frères in 1825 and in 1829 Raingo Frères established a workshop at Rue Vieille du Temple in Paris. They moved in 1840 to Rue de Saintonge until 1850 and thereafter clocks bear their signature with various Paris addresses. The firm exhibited at many of the important exhibitions of the second half of the 19th century and was known for the fine quality of its ormolu.

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