Fina guarnición de reloj de tres piezas de bronce dorado de Napoleón III

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Fina guarnición de reloj de tres piezas de bronce dorado de Napoleón III

Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of seven-light figural candelabra. Designed as a celebration of music and lyric poetry with Grecian classical nymphs. The mantle clock modelled with two seated classically robed nymphs with musical attributes and an open book above a flower entwined clock face. The enamel dial with Roman numerals and five-minute chapters and signed ‘Masse & Cie – P. Jacob n 24’. The twin-barrel movement with hour and half hour strike on bell. The candelabra en suite with nymphs supporting naturalistically modelled branches and leaf-cast nozzles atop spreading socles with musical attributes.

France, Circa 1860.

Dimensions:
The clock:
Height: 43 cm | 17 in
Width: 69 cm | 27 in
Depth: 25 cm | 10 in

The candelabra:
Height: 69 cm | 27 in
Width: 28 cm | 11 in
Depth: 18 cm | 7 in