Raingo Frères, Napoleon III period Fireplace insert in onyx and gilt bronze, composed of a clock and a pair of candelabras: - the terminal clock topped with a quiver and a torch in a laurel wreath surmounting a white enameled dial showing the hours in Roman numerals, the minutes in Arabic numerals and chemin de fer. Signed "Raingo Fres / Paris", it is surrounded by two knotted horns of plenty and surmounts a bas-relief decorated with foliage. Six gadrooned feet. The turntable is numbered "172" and stamped by Raingo Frères. Brocot suspension. - four-light candelabra, the central part topped with a pomegranate, the binnacles decorated with acanthus leaves alternating with florets. The scrolled arms end in pomegranates. They stand on a fluted pedestal flanked by horns of plenty. The base has three bas-reliefs, the central one adorned with a quiver and a torch, the other two with laurel garlands. Six gadrooned feet. Pendulum: Height 45 Width 35 Depth 14.5 cm. Candelabra: Height 50.5 cm. (minor accidents, including a small crack on the front, restorations). Provenance: former collection of Château de Maugué, Loir-et-Cher. Then blésoise collection, place du château. The Raingo Frères Company, Napoléon III Period. An onyx and ormolu mantel clock and matching pair of candelabras. Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, "Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen-âge au XXe siècle", Paris, Les éditions de l'Amateur, 1997, a very similar model reproduced on p. 476. Raingo Frères was founded in 1823. It brought together the four sons of watchmaker Zacharie-Joseph Raingo, himself the son of Nicolas-Joseph and Marie-Magdelaine Decrolyet. On the strength of its achievements, the company was awarded a bronze medal by the jury of the Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in 1844. Raingo supplied the most important personalities of the time, including Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Empress Eugénie from 1860 onwards. Maison Raingo is described as "one of the leading houses in Paris [ ] for the merit of its products".