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17431

​​​​​​​A French Mantle Clock Garniture in the Louis XVI Manner

​​​​​​​A French Mantle Clock Garniture in the Louis XVI Manner

Clock: H: 13 in / 33 cm  |  W: 7 in / 18 cm  |  D: 4 in / 10 cm

Candelabra: H: 10 in / 26 cm  |  W: 5 in / 13 cm  |  D: 3.5 in / 9 cm

17431

French Ormolu & Enamel Clock Garniture
Retailed by Theodore Starr and Co, New York

Constructed in gilt bronze, and decorated with champlevé enamel; the candelabras have toupie feet supporting the shaped circular bases, on which winged cherubs hold two armed candle arms aloft; the shaped elliptical form clock has conforming feet, with two cherubs supporting the circular case, capped with an acorn finial and a pair of flambeaux; the chapter ring in bronze, with the hours delineated in Roman numerals, the two train, 8 day movement striking the hours on a bell, and bearing the retailers Theodore B Starr of New York details. French, Circa 1880

Listed in the 1875 Brooklyn New York census as a jeweller, he worked from 1877 to 1900 in New York City NY as THEODORE B. STARR & Co, with a shop at 206 Fifth Avenue. The firm was the exclusive retail outlet for Gorham silver in New York until 1884.

REF No. 8222

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