A FRENCH ONYX AND ORMOLU CLOCK GARNITURE

A FRENCH ONYX AND ORMOLU CLOCK GARNITURE

LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the brass eight day drum movement with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, with a mercury pendulum, the backplate stamped 'A la Gerbe d'or rue de Rivoli A chapus Paris' and numbered '31339', the circular dial with Arabic numerals and painted with floral swags and signed indistinctly, the four glass case with a bowfront front door flanked by faceted columns surmounted by an urn and finials, together with a pair of conforming five-light candelabra, each with a flaming urn snuffer (3)

the clock: 43cm high, 29cm wide

the candelabra: 51cm high

Provenance

By direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance (d.20th September 2020).

From the collection of Gordon W Quance LLM (1931-2017).