Bronze And Marble Clock By Raingo In Paris

Magnificent bronze and marble clock in Louis XVI style and Napoleon III period by the watchmaker Raingo frères in Paris.
The Raingo brothers are quickly noticed by their bronzes.
Indeed, they began their careers as watchmakers and added furnishing bronzes to their catalog.
From 1860, the Raingo house created remarkable pieces for the empress and the empress Eugenie, a collection that can be admired at the Louvres. This clock rests on a marble base decorated with a frieze of musicians putti.
4 bronze tops are at the base of this one.
2 women in draped clothes and a gilded bronze cherub surround the clock, decorated with a garland of flowers, LouisXVI knot.
Finely decorated dial, which bears the inscription of the house Raingo frères in Paris.