The central clock mounted with a Meissen porcelain group of lovers modelled by J.J. Kändler, flanked by four figures of children surrounded by ormolu branches applied with porcelain flowers, and surmounted by a Meissen model of a hen, supported by ormolu scrolling foliage, the enamel dial signed 'GILLE L'AINE A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with Brocot regulation and countwheel strike to bell; together with a pair of conforming candelabra each mounted with a Meissen figure of a Saxon miner, one playing a lute, both modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reineke
19¹⁄₂ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (1792-1848) or his son, Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale (1829-1907), Bretton Hall, Yorkshire.

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Examples of both the Saxon miner figures can be seen illustrated by Rainer Slotta et al., Ein fein bergmannig Porcelan: Abbilder vom Bergbau in "weißem Gold", Essen, 1999, p. 222, fig 257 & p. 225, fig. 261.

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PORCELAIN: The clock - the group of lovers with hairline crack running through base, small chips to flowers and foliage applied to base. His right forearm and hand a restored replacement with associated overpainting to upper arm. Dog's ears restored. One of sheep's ears restored. Chip to ribbon around her right wrist. Chip to object tied to dog's collar. Small chip to tip of her left shoe. Minor chipping to extremities. The figure of a boy in white - front section of hat brim crudely restored. Both hands restuck. Broken through lower body and restuck. Broken through tree trunk and legs and restored with old overpainting. Base broken through and restored. Figure of a boy wearing pink - chips and restoration to hat, both arms broken and crudely restored with losses and hands replaced. Figure of a girl wearing white and puce - right arm broken off and lacking and with a crude replacement wired in. Left hand broken off and crudely restored. Chipping to hat brim and ribbons. Figure of a girl in striped dress - head broken through neck and restuck. Left arm broken off and restored. Crack to base, chipping to extremities. Slapstick a crude replacement. The porcelain flowers a mixture of 18th and 19th century, some probably French. Typical minor chipping to metals
The candelabra figures, figure holding the lute - both arms broken off at shoulder and restored with old overpainting. Right thumb restored. Fingertips of left hand restored. Restoration to neck of lute and upper section a restored replacement. Chips to leaves and flowers applied to base. Hairline cracks running through back of base and support. The other small chips to applied leaves and flowers hairline crack to rockwork base at back. Rosette on hat restored and part lacking. Typical chipping to flower petals. None of the porcelain examined without mounts.
THE ORMOLU: With wear to the gilded surface, signs of tarnishing. Would benefit from a professional clean. Some minor misshaping to the foliage of the candelabra.
DIAL: With light surface dirt and minor chips to the winding holes.
MOVEMENT: The plates with tarnishing and surface dirt.
Requires a pendulum and a winding key.

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