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Lot 87

Sale 5104 - International Sale
Jan 29, 2014 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000
Price Realized
$5,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Fine French gilt and patinated bronze and marble clock garniture ferdinand barbedienne, paris, circa 1900

The circular white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, signed "F. Barbedienne AParis", the movement bearing Vincenti Medaille d'Or pastille, the square verde antico marble case with banded edge and bronze anthemion mounts raised on fluted tapering legs; surmounted by a bronze model of Hebe atop Jupiter's Eagle, signed George Bareau (Georges Marie Valentin Bareau, French, 1886-1931), and inscribed F. Barbedienne foundeur; together with a pair of conforming gilt bronze and verde antico marble six-branch seven-light candelabra, well-cast to show flowerheads, anthemion, and scrolls, raised on paw feet; the candelabra fitted and wired for electricity, but not drilled.

H: 32 1/2, W: 19, D: 12 in. (clock, with bronze). H: 25, W:11, D: 8 1/2 in. (candelabra).

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