Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
Lot 4 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF DR. MILTON AND MRS. MARILYN MYERS, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE GLASS LATER

Closed18 April 2013

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE GLASS LATER
Comprising a mantel clock and pair of seven-light candelabra; the clock surmounted by Cupid astride a dolphin, above a circular clock case flanked on each side by an cherubic triton, the base centered by Neptune and Amphitrite, on a pierced scrolling base, the candelabra modeled en suite with tritons
The clock: 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high, 26¾ in. (68 cm.) wide
The candelabra: 33 in. (84 cm.) high (3)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 November 2001, lot 41.

Specialist note

A clock of the same model is in the collection of the Pitti Palace, Florence, which was acquired in 1845 from Lefevre and Chevrier, Paris (M. Chiarini, Gli Appartamenti Reali di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1993, p. 241). A related garniture by Monbro Frères was sold Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 433 ($79,000).