Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of four-light candelabra, each decorated with jasperware plaques depicting classical figures, the clockface signed 'Beurdeley/Paris', the movement stamped with Japy Frères cachet and incised '959'
24 in. (61 cm.) high, 19 in. (45.5 cm.) wide, the clock
22³⁄₄ in. (57.8 cm.) high, the candelabra

With Corinthian Studios, Saratoga, California.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, 29 May 2010, lot 1218 ($45,140).

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The present clock is most likely modeled after a design by Robin, horloger du Roi, dating from 1775 (H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I., p. 226, 4.1.2). Beurdeley adapted the work and often sold the clock en suite with a pair of candelabra which he based on a model by famed 18th century bronzier François Rémond dating from circa 1780 (op. cit., p. 427, 6.3.16), thus creating a uniquely 19th century garniture. A three-piece garniture comprising a clock of this model and pair of eight light candelabra by Beurdeley sold at Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2011, lot 298 ($74,500).