Lot 762

A GOOD FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES STYLE CLOCK GARNITURE

Circa 1875

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Hammer price: £2,200
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

The clock raised with a twin handled baluster vase, painted and ‘jewelled’ with an oval of figures, its reverse with a reserve of summer flowers, on a bleu Celeste ground, the stepped base containing the twin train clock movement, the 5in white enamelled dial signed Raigo Freres, Paris with blue enamel numerals and gilt latten hands, the drum shaped movement with countwheel strike on a bell; the pair of nine-light candelabra, each with a similarly decoarted slender vase, on twin pied de niche monopodiae, and stepped circular base, later surface wired for electricity

The clock: 75cm high; 55cm wide; 17cm deep

The candelabra: 71cm high


Condition report

One pendulum and a key.

The candelabra are in very good condition.  None of the ‘jewels’ on the vases are missing.  The clock is in good condition.  Here again no ‘jewels’ on the porcelain are missing.  Some slight tarnishing to the upper surface of the base and some edge, as expected with age.The movement may require a clean and service.

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