Object Description
A Fine Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Ground ‘Jewelled’ Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of five-light vase candelabra.
The clock surmounted by an urn fine painted with putti and flanked by acanthus scrolls. The porcelain dial similarly painted. The rounded rectangular base of the clock inset with finely painted panels included a central plaque of Venus and Cupid, portraits of court beauties and the sides with rounded porcelain panels of parkland vistas. The twin-barrel clock movement with strike on bell. The candelabra en suite with vase bodies on cylindrical bases and leaf wrapped branches.
The Clock:
Height: 64 cm | 25 inches
Width: 40 cm | 16 inches
Depth: 18 cm | 7 inches
The Candelabra:
Height: 60 cm | 25 inches
Width: 18 cm | 7 inches
Depth: 18 cm | 7 inches
France, Circa 1870.