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Clock and Candlestick bronze Watchmaker: Mougin
| Materials: | Gilt bronze |
|---|---|
| Era: | Napoléon III 1852 - 1870 (Second Empire) |
| Period: | XIXe siècle |
| Style: | Louis XV |
| Provenance: | French |
- Restored to original condition with original appearance.
- Full overhaul of watch movement, perfect working order.
- Perfect authenticity, without modification.
- Original gilding.
- Winding key & pendulum
- Operating instructions, how to start your clock.
- Certificate of authenticity, invoice.
- Ringtone on ancient bell, hour and a half-hour
Height: 50 cm
Description
A Napoleon III period mantel garniture, crafted around 1860 in gilt bronze, comprising a mantel clock and a pair of five-light candelabra; the set exemplifies the Second Empire’s taste for the Louis XV Rocaille style, reinterpreted with remarkable decorative exuberance.
The pieces rest on broad, shaped bases with undulating contours, defined by finely chased moldings and supported by small circular feet. The fully openwork bases feature a spectacular architectural design composed of bold asymmetrical scrolls, counter-curves, scrolling foliage, bursting shells, and Rocaille cartouches—forming an intricate sculptural network that allows light to pass through freely. Interlacing crossbars weave elegantly around openwork sections, lending the ensemble a sense of lightness despite the richness of the material.
The clock rises with a strikingly slender vertical profile. Its fully contoured case adopts a sinuous silhouette, animated by deep moldings and prominent foliate brackets flanking the central body. The sides feature large openings adorned with openwork grilles and carved scrolls, while the lower section expands into an imposing Rocaille composition of acanthus leaves, open shells, and vigorous scrolling foliage.
The circular white enamel dial is framed by a gilt-bronze bezel. It features a double scale: hours in blue Roman numerals and minutes in black Arabic numerals set along a peripheral track. Slender, richly pierced gilt-bronze hands enhance the ensemble's refinement. Beneath the dial, a delicate bouquet of finely chased roses and naturalistic flowers blooms within a molded frame, creating a harmonious transition to the bold brackets below. The upper section is crowned by a spectacular finial featuring a large radiating shell from which springs a rich spray of foliage, flowers, and sweeping rocaille scrolls, creating a dynamic silhouette that elegantly tops the composition. The movement bears the Mougin stamp, a mark of high-quality craftsmanship.
The circular white enamel dial is framed by a gilt-bronze bezel. It features a double scale: hours in blue Roman numerals and minutes in black Arabic numerals set along a peripheral track. Slender, richly pierced gilt-bronze hands enhance the ensemble's refinement. Beneath the dial, a delicate bouquet of finely chased roses and naturalistic flowers blooms within a molded frame, creating a harmonious transition to the bold brackets below. The upper section is crowned by a spectacular finial featuring a large radiating shell from which springs a rich spray of foliage, flowers, and sweeping rocaille scrolls, creating a dynamic silhouette that elegantly tops the composition. The movement bears the Mougin stamp, a mark of high-quality craftsmanship.
The two candelabra faithfully echo the clock’s decorative vocabulary, creating a perfectly cohesive garniture. Their shaped, openwork bases replicate the same motifs of acanthus leaves, shells, rocaille cartouches, and foliate scrolls. They support an elegant pedestal adorned with bold scrolls and a substantial gadrooned vase decorated with floral garlands and broad water leaves. The central stem rises as a cluster of leafy stalks, giving way to five candle arms harmoniously arranged around the central axis. Each arm features a graceful, scroll-like curve, richly ornamented with acanthus leaves and finely chased veining. The shaped drip pans hold gadrooned candle cups decorated with foliage and floral garlands. At the top of each candelabra rises a fifth central light, crowned by an elegant openwork flame-shaped finial—comprising an ornamental vase topped by a prominent rocaille flourish—which lends a majestic verticality to the ensemble.
The quality of the bronze, the precision of the chasing, the richness of the relief work, and the finesse of the gilding perfectly showcase the virtuosity of Parisian bronziers during the Napoleon III period, making this imposing garniture a remarkable example of mid-19th-century French decorative metalwork.
The original mechanism is intact and unaltered. It strikes the hours and half-hours on an antique bell with a clear and authentic sound.
Pendule : Hauteur : 42 cm / Largeur : 21 cm / Profondeur : 16 cm
Chandeliers : Hauteur 50 cm / Largeur : 23 cm
Questions
Easily pay for your purchases using our highly protected bank card system with SSL certificate and 256 bit encryption, ensuring confidentiality when any information is transferred. On a web browser, the OVH SSL certificate activates the HTTPS protocol and displays a padlock in the navigation bar. This shows that any transaction is encrypted and confidential, and that your website address has been authenticated.
Our items mainly stem from the inheritance of objects, preciously looked after over numerous generations. There is a stringent selection process for each object ensuring perfect authenticity and the optimal amount of gilding
We do not use the term “Restoration”, which implies a significant transformation or major repair that modifies an object’s authenticity or original appearance. Each object is completely dismantled, then thoroughly cleaned part by part; our cleaning technique restores shine without adversely affecting the gold. We then put the clock back together, returning all the various parts to their origin location, as well as all the nuts and screws. Subsequently, the item is inspected to ensure it is perfectly even, symmetrical, and smooth, etc.
The clock’s movement undergoes a complete overhaul; it is totally dismantled, cleaned and each individual part is polished. The duration of this procedure affects the shine: we prefer to obtain a brilliant shine, in keeping with the gilding of the object. To increase the strength and quality of the gears, we apply a very important procedure, known as bouchonnage, to correct for wear accumulated over years of operation, consisting in the placing cork of stoppers in any pivot holes that have become deformed by wear. After the clock has been completely reassembled, it is tested over a long period of time to ensure that the movement, as well as the hour and half-hour strikes, are operating correctly.
- Akzeptierte Kreditkarten: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Discover und Diners Club.
- Bank transfer: You can also send us a copy of the bank transfer order to speed up the processing of your order.
Upon dispatch of your order, you will be sent a parcel tracking number by email.
Delivery anywhere in the world.
France: - Clocks: 3 days preparation work + 2 days for delivery - Total: 5 business days - Decorative objects: 1 days preparation work + 2 days for delivery - Total: 3 business days
Europe - Clocks: 3 days preparation work + 3 days for delivery - Total: 6 business days - Decorative objects: 1 day preparation work + 3 days for delivery - Total: 6 business days
Other countries - Clocks: 3 days preparation work + 3-8 days for delivery - Decorative objects: 1 days preparation work + 3-8 days for delivery
Easily pay for your purchases using our highly protected bank card system with SSL certificate and 256 bit encryption, ensuring confidentiality when any information is transferred. On a web browser, the OVH SSL certificate activates the HTTPS protocol and displays a padlock in the navigation bar. This shows that any transaction is encrypted and confidential, and that your website address has been authenticated.
You will receive—by email and a paper version—an explanatory document containing all the necessary instructions and recommendations for operating your clock. We also provide assistance over the phone to guide you through the start-up procedure. Of course, we will continue to be available—by both telephone and email—to answer any questions you may have. For calls in German or English, please make an appointment first via email, providing us with your telephone number, and the date and time you wish to contact us. Contact.
- Click on the button “add to basket” to add an object. - Once you have finished your order, click on “view contents of basket” located at the bottom of the screen or on small the “shopping trolley” icon at the top right. - click “Complete my order” or “order” - Fill in the invoicing address details, you also have the possibility to send the parcel to a different address. - Select the payment method - To confirm your order, click “order now”
By email, you will be sent: - confirmation of your order & payment - Parcel tracking information
Every purchase comes with a certificate of authenticity and an invoice
High quality certificate of authenticity printed on photo paper with text and photos providing all the information concerning your object. Detailed invoice indicating the price paid for the object.
