Piece Clock Garniture Set, Pair Cassolette Urns
French, late 19th/20th century: mantle clock with urn and flanked by flambeau supported by dolphin masks, seated putto to front, brass dial with Roman counters and engraved "Bigelow Canard & Co.", brass works stamped "MF", "1059", twin train movement striking on the hour, with original key, 13-1/2 in.; with a pair of figural gilt bronze and champlevé candlesticks with classical figures, 11 in.; pair gilt bronze and champlevé cassoulet urns converted to candlesticks, pineapple finials, ram's head supports with hoof feet, smoky hardstone bases, 9-1/4 in., probably lacking front crystal on clock face, clock crystal on back door cracked, urn loose, in working order at time of examination; one candle nozzle out of round; shorter candlesticks with some internal fractures visible in bases, later screws in bases of shorter candlestick, larger candlesticks with several loose feet. Provenance: Collection of John and Scottie Austin, Williamsburg, Virginia
Condition
probably lacking front crystal on clock face, clock crystal on back door cracked, urn loose, in working order at time of examination; one candle nozzle out of round; shorter candlesticks with some internal fractures visible in bases, later screws in bases of shorter candlestick, larger candlesticks with several loose feet