Gilded bronze and brass mantelpiece decorated with porcelain plates with polychrome and gilded decoration of farming instruments in blue frames, comprising:
- a clock with a harvest allegory and a Love, with a couple of birds and garlands of flowers.
White enamelled dial, with indexes with Roman numerals for the hours and railway and Arabic numerals for the minutes.
Signed "C. DETOUCHE, F[ournis]seur de l'Empereur, Paris, Rue St Martin". N° 22912. Mechanical movement with key winding, signed. Suspension Brocot.
Trace of signature of the bronzer "MARGUERITE [?]" inside the base.
35 x 65 cm. Some cracks in the cast iron; wear and scratches to the gilding.
With a curved base, in the form of a gilded wood and plaster with six feet. Length : 67 cm.
Wear, scratches and some cracks.
- A pair of six-light candelabra, on three levels, decorated with scrolls, leaves and flowers, with a scavenger child or a little girl with flowers, leaning on fluted shafts, resting on an oval base on scrolled or turned feet. H. : 65.5 cm.
19th century.
Fixation and threaded rod of a candelabra to be revised, with the addition of two nuts (turning bouquet and unstable base).
Handwritten inscriptions on the reverse of the porcelain plates relating to MARGUERITE [?]. Wear to the gilding, some oxidation.
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