230A: A MONUMENTAL DORÉ GARNITURE CLOCK SET WITH FIGURES

A massive gilt bronze or brass clock signed H & F Paris on the movement, the circular ornate doré-mounted dial with pierced hands and featuring cartouche-shaped white enameled Roman chapters encased within a gilt-molded chapter ring below an arched pediment, the housing flanked by a pair of female sphinx adorned in eighteenth-century dress suspending a fruit and berried swag, surmounted by a festooned urn with flame finial flanked by foliate-clad griffins and scrolling acanthus; the whole supported on a shaped cyma recta gadrooned plinth with shaped hanging pennants, bellflower highlights and scrolling acanthus centering a large radiating cabochon, all raised on foliate-cast feet trimmed with beading. The associated garniture comprising two ten-light candelabra, each with urn-form foliate sockets over crystal circular drip pans, issuing from scrolling arms dressed with crystal pendants spilling from a three sided openwork standard, each of the three sides centered by a bearded mask over laurel garland and raised by female griffins on a tripartite plinth with foliate edging on toupie feet. The movement stamped H & F Paris and numbered 4294. The dimensions of the clock are 34 x 32 x 8 and each garniture measures 30 x 14 inches. Provenance: The Joseph Candioto Trust. We ship in-house for all items with the exception of very large and or very fragile pieces and some international shipments.
Very good condition, noting the absence of the back door, gong and pendulum. Being incomplete, the running condition is unknown. Cosmetically very good condition free from damage, repair or wear to any degree.
$2,000 - $2,500