A large Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze figural Mantle Clock by Raingo Frères and cast by Henry Picard Paris, circa 1875

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Description

height 24 in.; width 32 in.; depth 10 1/2 in.
61 cm; 82.5 cm; 26.5 cm

cast after the model by François Théodore Devaulx, the enameled chapter ring with Roman numerals, the dial signed Raingo Fres/ a Paris, the movement stamped C.R and struck with the Raingo Frères brand, surmounted by a recumbent maiden surrounded by infants emblematic of the arts, raised on a foliate-cast base with scrolled toes, the group signed DEVAULX, the case with the H. PICARD stamp.

Catalogue Note

A nearly identical but smaller and less exuberant model by Raingo Frères sold, Christie's, London, September 28, 2006, lot 54.