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
Estimate: $400 - $800