A gilt-bronze and malachite-inlaid figural mantel clock by Denière, Paris circa 1875

the clock with circular enameled dial with Arabic chapters and inscribed Denière / A Paris, surmounted by an amour whispering to a young maiden eblematic of the Amitié standing by a hound, on a shaped base with garland and rosette, the twin-train movement stamped DENIERE / A PARIS / 1429 and JUVENAUX. Inlaid at a later date.

The firm Denière produced a variety of high quality decorative objects under the Second Empire and supplied important commissions to the Mobilier de la Couronne.  Tardy cites the firm as being active until 1890.

The gilt-bronze group surmounting the clockcase is after the model by Ernest Carrier-Belleuse  titled  "L' Amour se confie a L' Amitié"

For a complementary footnote on Denière see lot 186.