A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
By RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of five-light candelabra CASE: of waisted cartouche outshape applied all-over with rocaille and acanthus scrolls with a central seated figure of Venus attended by a putto and flanked by conch-blowing mermen DIAL relief-cast with enamelled hands and inset with enamel chapters and a plaquette signed 'Raingo Fresà Paris' MOVEMENT: twin-barrels with countwheel strike on replaced bell, winding key and pendulum, the candelabra en suite with figures of Poseidon and Amphitrite seated on dolphins beneath acanthus-cast branches
The clock: 31 in. (79 cm.) high; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 33 in. (84 cm.) high (3)
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
By RAINGO FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of five-light candelabra CASE: of waisted cartouche outshape applied all-over with rocaille and acanthus scrolls with a central seated figure of Venus attended by a putto and flanked by conch-blowing mermen DIAL relief-cast with enamelled hands and inset with enamel chapters and a plaquette signed 'Raingo Fresà Paris' MOVEMENT: twin-barrels with countwheel strike on replaced bell, winding key and pendulum, the candelabra en suite with figures of Poseidon and Amphitrite seated on dolphins beneath acanthus-cast branches
The clock: 31 in. (79 cm.) high; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep
The candelabra: 33 in. (84 cm.) high (3)