Description
Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE (1810-1892). Chased and gilded bronze mantel set. The clock is crowned with a vase filled with grape vines holding a long garland of laurel leaves falling on either side of a white enameled circular dial with hours in Roman numerals and minutes in Arabic numerals. The movement is signed J.E DUPONT in PARIS. The rectangular base is adorned with fluted buttresses on either side of a female face outlined with falling ribbons. The whole resting on 6 small flattened ball feet. A pair of three-light candelabra, two arms of which are foliate scrolls ending in winged Amur heads, the handles in the form of antique vases decorated with putti friezes, the central one topped with a snuffer, the candelabra shaft resting on a base echoing the clock's decorative repertoire. With gong and pendulum. Louis XVI style, late 19th century. Dimensions of the clock: 38 x 29 x 11 cm. Candelabra dimensions: 35.5 x 19 x 7 cm. (key missing, one candelabra slightly bent, needs dusting).
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Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE (1810-1892). Chased and gilded bronze mantel set. The clock is crowned with a vase filled with grape vines holding a long garland of laurel leaves falling on either side of a white enameled circular dial with hours in Roman numerals and minutes in Arabic numerals. The movement is signed J.E DUPONT in PARIS. The rectangular base is adorned with fluted buttresses on either side of a female face outlined with falling ribbons. The whole resting on 6 small flattened ball feet. A pair of three-light candelabra, two arms of which are foliate scrolls ending in winged Amur heads, the handles in the form of antique vases decorated with putti friezes, the central one topped with a snuffer, the candelabra shaft resting on a base echoing the clock's decorative repertoire. With gong and pendulum. Louis XVI style, late 19th century. Dimensions of the clock: 38 x 29 x 11 cm. Candelabra dimensions: 35.5 x 19 x 7 cm. (key missing, one candelabra slightly bent, needs dusting).
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