A French 19th Century Regence St. Ormolu Three Piece Garniture Set, Signed By The Lemerle-Charpentier Foundry

Description

An extremely detailed and high quality French 19th century Regence st. Ormolu three piece garniture set, signed by the Lemerle-Charpentier foundry. This monumental garniture set consists of two candelabras and one clock. The clock is raised on a scalloped base and supported on eight topie shaped feet. The frieze is decorated with scrolling foliate designs inside recessed panels and berried foliate pendants to each side. At the front apron of the clock is a central reserve of a beautiful maiden with scrolling foliate decorations. The clock’s face with its scrolling Ormolu hands and blue Roman numerals is supported atop an ionic fluted column in front of a lattice designed background. On either side of the clock face are scrolled foliate supports with female busts and reeded square dagger shaped finials above. The supports on each side are connected by a pair of elegant swaging berried garlands. The top crown of the clock consists of a highly decorated urn with two handles held in the mouth of a foliate decorated panther with a bouquet of fruits and vegetables atop. The two exquisite candelabras flanking the clock are decorated in a similar manner with their female busts on either side, swaging berried garlands, and urn above. The urn above both candelabras have their eight ‘C’ scrolled foliate decorated arms supported by the central fut with a top dagger shaped finial.