Fireplace Set Signed Etienne Tavernier Circa 1820

A rare clock and pair of Medici-style vases in finely chased and matte gold-gilt bronze and griotte red marble. The clock has a removable lid pierced with large leaves and palmettes ending in a pine cone finial, the lip with a frieze alternating oak leaves and gadroons, the body with detached handles in the form of caryatids supporting the lid, a head of Hermes in the center holding garlands of leaves and fruit, the curved foot with a laurel wreath rests on a square base with applied motifs of palmettes and mascarons. The circular white enamel dial is signed "Etienne Tavernier". The vases have removable lids with leaves and a handle in the shape of seeds and a pierced frieze with florets, the bodies are decorated with a bas-relief band depicting vestals holding garlands. Mascarons of Hermes and alternating friezes of water leaves and stems, the feet in flattened balls.