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PROPERTY FROM A NORTHWESTERN COLLECTION
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY MONBRO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY MONBRO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and pair of ten-light candelabra; the clock surmounted by Neptune within a scallop shell, supported by a pair of mermaids flanking a central clockcase cast with bulrush and reeds, the dial inscribed MONBRO FILS AINé/A PARIS/JACQUIER HER , on a pierced rocaille base cast with putti astride hippocampi and a trumpeting triton, the candelabra decorated en suite, each with a central stem cast with reeds and issuing ten scrolled candlearms, supported by a pair of putti, on a triple-dolphin support with scrolled feet
The clock: 35¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide; The candelabra: 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high
BY MONBRO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and pair of ten-light candelabra; the clock surmounted by Neptune within a scallop shell, supported by a pair of mermaids flanking a central clockcase cast with bulrush and reeds, the dial inscribed MONBRO FILS AINé/A PARIS/JACQUIER H
The clock: 35¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide; The candelabra: 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high