Sold for $572

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

An Assembled French Marble and Bronze Five-Piece Clock Garniture

Ringuet, Paris, 19th Century

the clock's dial signed Ringuet à Paris, the movement signed Cailly, the candelabra of similar age but probably associated to the clock.
Height of clock 20 x width 14 x depth 5 1/2 inches; height of taller candelabra 22 1/2 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Property from a Private Kentucky Collection

Condition Report

The movement winds, ticks and strikes when the hands are advanced. Not tested for duration or accuracy. With pendulum; no key included. Enamel dial with hairline cracks radiating from the center. A large chip on one back corner edge of the marble, not visible from the front. Smaller negligible flake chips along edges of marble of clock and candelabra. Bronze with dirty patina and uneven patination on the front of the figure's body. One candelabrum with a large chip in the marble under its branches.

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