Ferdinand Barbedienne 1810-1892 A fine gilt-bronze and Sèvres style porcelain three piece clock garniture Paris, circa 1875

comprising a mantle clock and a pair of five light candelabras, the clock case modelled as a clock pedestal raised on porcelain toupie feet centered by an enameled dial inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE / PARIS, within gilt-bronze cast drapery with tassles, surmounted by a lidded vase flanked by female nereids, the twin-train movement with the stamp Ed. Minart and the number 4507. 

Porcelain in very good condition but lacking red and white enamel jewels in places. Some wear to gilt highlights on porcelain. Bronze with the usual tarnishing consistent with age. Key and bell but no pendulum.
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