BY CHARPENTIER & CIE., PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A Napoleon III ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock
By Charpentier & Cie., Paris, Third Quarter 19th Century
The drum-form clockcase surmounted by drapery and laurel swags, set with a circular dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and twin-train movement, inscribed CHARPENTIER & CIE/BRONZIERS/A PARIS/RUE CHARLOT 8, flanked by a winged putto, on a shaped plinth with toupie feet, the works stamped CHARPENTIER/FT DE BRONZES/A PARIS/411
23½ in. (59.5 cm.) high; 25½ in. (64.8 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Located at 8, Rue Charlot in 1860, the firm became known as Lemerle-Charpentier from 1870-1890. At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878, the bronziers Lemerle-Charpentier exhibited garnitures, vases, torchères, and an impressive model of Piat's grande horloge, an example of which was sold Sotheby's New York, November 3, 1999, lot 514.

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