Garniture d'horloge Napoléon III en bronze doré et porcelaine turquoise

France, Circa 1870

£28,000

An Important Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Turquoise Porcelain Clock Garniture. This very fine clock garniture comprises of a clock and a pair of vase...

Dimensions

Height: 57 cm (23 in)
Width: 39 cm (16 in)
Depth: 17 cm (7 in)
REF NO : B73782

Description

An Important Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Turquoise Porcelain Clock Garniture. This very fine clock garniture comprises of a clock and a pair of vase form candelabra. The finely cast and chiselled gilt-bronze case has a jewelled turquoise porcelain face with Roman Numerals above a plaque depicting children in a wooded landscape, flanked by expressive male and female cherub figures, cast in the round, beneath a scrolled pediment with torches en flambeau and surmounted by a turquoise vase and cover. The pair of candelabra en-suite are in the form of turquoise porcelain vases with globular bodies and inverted trumpet shaped necks, finely painted with central reserves of children at leisure in a landscape, with female mask handles and issuing a lotus cast stem with acorn finial, suspending four scrolling candlearms, with circular sconces cast with berried swags. Each vase has a spreading foot raised on a square sectioned re-entrant plinth base, with lotus cast feet. French, Circa 1870. Height of clock 52 cm Height of Candelabra 55 cm

Date

Circa 1870

Origine

France

Moyen

Bronze doré et porcelaine

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