Hello dear buyer i am offering a piece from my collection A Rare and Exceptional Gilt and Patinated Bronze Monumental Cercles Tournants Clock Garniture, by Deniere, Paris. The backplate signed 'DENIERE A PARIS 3088'. This large and imposing clock garniture comprises a finely chased cercles tournants clock in the form of a terrestrial globe supported by three paintated bronze putti, accompanied by a pair of eight-light candelabra en-suite, modelled after a design by Jean-Louis Prieur (1732-1795). The eight-day twin-barrelled clock movement striking on a bell is contained within a terrestrial globe with two rotating enamelled dials with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, a gilt bronze snake wrapping around the base of the globe indicating the time. The globe is supported by three finely cast patinated bronze putti on a rockwork base with an overturned vase issuing water, emblematic of the Oceans and raised on a gilt-bronze acanthus cast re-entrant plinth base. The candelabra en-suite are each modelled as a pair of patinated bronze putti on naturalistic bases with a conforming acanthus cast gilt-bronze plinth, holding aloft a foliate stem issuing eight candle arms terminating in circular drip-trays cast with ?C?-scrolls, and octagonal candle nozzles cast with guilloche and shell decoration. This exceptional clock is after an eighteenth century model, one example of which is in the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (Illustrated, Tardy, French Clocks the World Over, Paris, 1981, p. 101). A further eighteenth century example, with a movement by Jean Romilly was owned by the celebrated collector, the 4th marquess of Hertford and kept at the chateau de Bagatelle, the former home of the Comte d?Artois. (Photographed in the salon at Bagatelle by Charles Marville, reproduced, B. Pons, French Period Rooms 1650-1800, Dijon, 1995, p. 60). Inherited by Sir Richard Wallace, and later Sir John Murray Scott, the clock was eventually sold by Christie?s, London, June 24-26, 1913, lot 258, for 241.10s to the dealer Wertheimer. French, Circa 1860. Dimensions The clock Height : 80 cm / 31 inches Diameter : 35 cm / 14 inches Dimensions: Height: 34.65 in (88 cm)Width: 16.54 in (42 cm)Depth: 11.82 in (30 cm) * Ready to ship in 1?3 business days shipping i do ship worldwide by registered mail with traking number shipping time tokes up to 1-3 business days. * return policy I check each product myself and only sell the best quality products anyway If you are not satisfied with it first, please contact me and I will do what pleases you In its original packaging and provided that the item is in its original condition as received Feel free to contact me and I will do everything I can to make you feel good feedback i give immediate positive feedback for buyer as soon as payment is received for the purchase in any case of problem contact me right away leaving feedback so i will do my very best to resolve any problem and to make you satisfied * Thank you for shopping