Lot 59
  • 59

An imposing French Napoleon III gilt bronze sculptural mantel clock garniture, circa 1870

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • height clock 66.5cm, candelabra 88cm
13-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals signed for the retailer Kreitz à Anvers, foliate pierced hands, rack bell striking signed Fabre and S. Marti & Cie with Brocot escapement, gilt bronze case surmounted by Cupid flanked by doves on scrolls with trailing flowers, moulded concave base flanked by heavy scrolls, break arch moulded plinth with a central shell raised on shaped feet, together with two associated six-light putto-stem candelabra