Gilded bronze mantelpiece with harvesting bears including: a clock richly decorated with vine branches, topped by four harvesting bears and drinkers. and a pair of candelabras with four lights supported by bears. The dial signed by Vittoz in Paris. The group by Jean-Jacques FEUCHERE (1807-1852). About 1840. H_56 cm W_25 cm (clock) H_59.5 cm W_24 cm (candlesticks), missing a bobbin

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