A FRENCH TOLE AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOC...

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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 290 | A FRENCH TOLE AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOC...
A FRENCH TOLE AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED ORMOLU THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

BY EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

Comprising a clock and a pair of eight-light candelabra: the clock surmounted by a flower-filled urn flanked to the sides by ram's masks joined by a chain, the case centred by an enamel dial signed 'Fd. Bertoud/ AParis', the twin barrel with countwheel strike on bell, flanked to the sides by a scrolling acanthus-cast volute, on a shaped base centred by a circular medallion stamped to the reverse 'WEDGWOOD', on toupie feet; the candelabra en suite, each with a winged female figure with scrolling acanthus lower body holding the central spirally-fluted stem issuing scrolling branches and inset with jasperware plaques marked to the reverse 'TURNER', variously signed 'BY'

23 ½ in. (59.5 cm.) high, the clock

25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) high, the candelabra

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