A gilt-bronze and porcelain mantel clock and garniture
Circa 1897
Dial signed: Maison Marnyhac; Movement signed: Marnyhac / 1897 / AH / Japy Freres et Cie. Med. d'Honneur
The Japy Freres clock with a celeste blue painted porcelain dial with black Roman numeral hour markers, gilt outer minute track, two train movement, and gilt-metal arrow hands, enclosed by glazed bezel and set in a gilt-bronze architectural case surmounted by an urn final with Bacchus masks and further adorned with laurel festoons, ram's head masks, and inset painted porcelain plaques centering a courting scene, accompanied by two conformingly decorated four-arm candelabra, 3 pieces
Clock: 20.25" H x 9.625" W x 6" D; Each candelabrum: 20" H x 6.25" W x 5.25" D
Condition Report: Each overall good condition with scuffs, scratches, darkening/oxidation to bronze, and inherent firing flaws commensurate with age. Minor rubbed wear to porcelain decoration. Wax residue to candelabra commensurate with use. Various mounts loose, candle arms loose. One candelabrum with repaired chip in fluted porcelain base. Clock's porcelain finial with repaired break near handle. Lacking key. Working condition unknown. Moran's does not guarantee the working condition of clocks and watches.
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Circa 1897
Dial signed: Maison Marnyhac; Movement signed: Marnyhac / 1897 / AH / Japy Freres et Cie. Med. d'Honneur
The Japy Freres clock with a celeste blue painted porcelain dial with black Roman numeral hour markers, gilt outer minute track, two train movement, and gilt-metal arrow hands, enclosed by glazed bezel and set in a gilt-bronze architectural case surmounted by an urn final with Bacchus masks and further adorned with laurel festoons, ram's head masks, and inset painted porcelain plaques centering a courting scene, accompanied by two conformingly decorated four-arm candelabra, 3 pieces
Clock: 20.25" H x 9.625" W x 6" D; Each candelabrum: 20" H x 6.25" W x 5.25" D
Condition Report: Each overall good condition with scuffs, scratches, darkening/oxidation to bronze, and inherent firing flaws commensurate with age. Minor rubbed wear to porcelain decoration. Wax residue to candelabra commensurate with use. Various mounts loose, candle arms loose. One candelabrum with repaired chip in fluted porcelain base. Clock's porcelain finial with repaired break near handle. Lacking key. Working condition unknown. Moran's does not guarantee the working condition of clocks and watches.
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