



A FRENCH ORMOLU AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
In the Louis XVI style, comprising a mantle clock and a pair of eight-branch and nine-light candelabra; the clock modelled as a lidded urn signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE' above a rectangular spreading base hung with foliate swags and fronted by a dial with Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches around a central, enamelled field with ray decoration, with pierced gilt hands, with short pendulum on metal spring suspension, rack striking mechanism with half-hour and hour strike on bell, the mechanism inscribed '7211' the candelabra en suite and signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE'
The clock: 25 ¹/₄ in. (64 cm.) high; 17 ³/₄ in. (45 cm.) wide; 11 ¹/₄ in. (28.5 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 36 ¹/₈ in. (95 cm.) high
BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
In the Louis XVI style, comprising a mantle clock and a pair of eight-branch and nine-light candelabra; the clock modelled as a lidded urn signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE' above a rectangular spreading base hung with foliate swags and fronted by a dial with Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches around a central, enamelled field with ray decoration, with pierced gilt hands, with short pendulum on metal spring suspension, rack striking mechanism with half-hour and hour strike on bell, the mechanism inscribed '7211' the candelabra en suite and signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE'
The clock: 25 ¹/₄ in. (64 cm.) high; 17 ³/₄ in. (45 cm.) wide; 11 ¹/₄ in. (28.5 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 36 ¹/₈ in. (95 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 15 May 2014, lot 433.
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