Object Description
An enchanting and very good quality French 19th Century grey marble and gilded ormolu clock garniture, each piece with a patinated bronze cherub seated hold candle sticks either side and a clock hanging on a ribbon.
The white enamel clock face with roman numerals, strikes on the hour and half hour.
Signed; Deniere, Paris
Dimensions; Clock; 20cm wide x 17cm deep x 42cm high. Candelabra; 25cm wide x 13cm deep x 30cm high
It was produced in the 19th Century by the famed bronze-making firm Deniere et Fils who, in the 1850s, were awarded the prestigious honour of becoming ‘Fornisseurs du Roi’ (suppliers to the king) to Emperor Napoleon III. The clock is an excellent example of the 19th Century.
Batch 80 VNATZ 55462