SUPERB FRENCH ORMOLU CLOCK SET BY RAINGO
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An exquisite 19th century gilt bronze and hand decorated porcelain 3 piece French clock set. The center clock is 20 in wide and 20 in high (5.5 in deep) with a 3.5 inch porcelain dial signed RAINGO FRES A PARIS. There are several hand painted medallions with cherubs, flowers, young woman etc. Comes with matching pair of 3 arm floriform candelabra having trifid legs and painted genre scenes of 2 young women on front and flowers on back. They are 23 in tall and 8 in across base. Brass movement signed Raingo. The clock ticks and strikes on the 1/2 and full hour and comes with pendulum and key. Condition: Excellent overall with one crack to a curved porcelain side panel on the base of clock. No wear to gilding or damage to metal. NOTE: Raingo Freres was founded in 1823. The origins of the company Raingo Frères lie with Zacharie Joseph Raingo (1775 – 1847), a clock-maker, who was born in Belgium. In the 1860s, the firm supplied several clocks and bronzes to Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Empress Eugenie. The firm exhibited at the most important Exhibitions of the second half of the 19th century, winning a gold award at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
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SUPERB FRENCH ORMOLU CLOCK SET BY RAINGO
Estimate $5,000 - $7,000
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