Lot 156: Three Piece Louis XV Gilt-Metal and Meissen Porcelain Garniture de Cheminée
Three Piece Louis XV Gilt-Metal and Meissen Porcelain Garniture de Cheminée
an elaborate three-piece garniture comprising a central mantel clock and a pair of two-light candelabra, each richly mounted with hand-painted German porcelain figures in 19th-century pastoral dress, the clock surmounted by an enameled dial with open escapement, framed by gilt-metal foliate mounts and flanked by a courting couple seated upon a rocaille-molded porcelain base adorned with applied flowers, sheep, and scrolling gilt details, the candelabra each centered by a standing shepherd or shepherdess figure modeled in polychrome porcelain, raised on scroll-cast gilt-metal bases, crossed swords mark to verso
clock height 15 inches, candelabras 16 inches
presents well, clock missing hour hand, several chips to flowers, metal repainted, repair to figure, repair to tree of boy candelabra, dog foot with crack to clock piece, clock face with chipping, no face glass and sits loose
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Estimate: $400- $800
Auction Date: January 1, 2026
