Ormolu, malachite and patinated bronze French antique clock set

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Description

The hunting themed clock set comprises a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The clock is surmounted by a patinated bronze figure of a bearded hunter, who holds an ormolu gun and horn and lies across an ormolu landscape with a dog. The clock case is of broken pediment form, and the circular dial is set to the centre, bordered in beaded ormolu and featuring black Roman numerals on a white face. To either side of the clock face the pediment is set with malachite. The clock case is set on a highly detailed ormolu base, featuring a central ormolu arrangement of hunting paraphernalia below the face, and steps decorated with foliate forms. The scrolled clock feet are disguised behind a fox head and a boar head in ormolu.

The candelabra feature similarly decorated circular malachite bases with ormolu hunting mounts. Atop the bases, one patinated bronze figure is shown holding a bow and the other holds a gun and sword. Each figure supports an ormolu staff, terminating in a five light candelabrum. Each candelabrum features a central ormolu mount of hunting paraphernalia, from which issue five curled foliate branches with lights and drip pans, all surmounted by an ormolu eagle finial.

Clock: Height 53cm, width 73cm, depth 23cm
Candelabra: Height 75cm, width 35cm, depth 20cm

Details

Country of Origin
French
Date of Manufacture
19th Century
Period
19th Century
Style
Baroque, Hunting, Louis XIV
Material
Malachite, Ormolu (Gilt Bronze), Patinated Bronze
Colour
Black, Brown, Gold, Green, Metallic

Dimensions

Height
53 cm / 20.9 inches
Width
73 cm / 28.7 inches
Depth
23 cm / 9.1 inches

Reference:
15136

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