Important white onyx and gilt bronze mantel set by Raingo Fr - Lot 113

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Important white onyx and gilt bronze mantel set by Raingo Fr - Lot 113
Important white onyx and gilt bronze mantel set by Raingo Frères in Paris, circa 1860. A clock and its two candelabras with ten arms of light in onyx and gilded bronzes finely chiseled and richly foliated with a Louis XVI style decoration after the antique. The two candelabras are made of carved white onyx, moulded with flutes and scrolls and topped with an antique style fire pot. The two candelabras present a bouquet of light escaping from a vase decorated with laurel garlands. The clock is topped by a cassolette with Greek decoration, decorated with large acanthus leaves molded and finely chased, and a fall of laurel garlands. White enamelled dial with double register with Arabic and Roman numerals painted in black, iron track and circled with a gilt bronze rais-de-coeur decoration, signed Raingo Frères in Paris. Movement with wire and ringing on gong. Gilt bronze dust cover, decorated with a perfume burner with two busts of women after the antique on an entablature and falls of two large interlacing foliage ending with a decoration of oak leaves. The bases are poly-lobed and curved, decorated with foliage on feet. This rare clock is complete and in working order. Key and its balance. We point out that the lower left entablature is missing, and that the bronze has to be refixed. We also indicate a crack on the entablature at the connection of the rounded part to the body of the clock on the right. On each candelabra a slight crack at the base of the fluted part. Pendulum : H. 72 cm Candelabra : H.79 cm Born in Mons in Belgium on July 2, 1775, Zacharie Joseph Raingo is the son of Nicolas-Joseph, clockmaker, and Marie-Magdelaine Decroly. He lived in Tournai from 1795 to 1807 and then, from 1810, developed his activity in Ghent before settling in Paris on rue de Cléry in 1813. During this first period, certainly following the example of Antide Janvier, he made his first planetary clocks, his specialty. Also called astronomical clocks, they are assembled with a mechanism of rotation of the spheres intended to show the proportions, positions and the trajectories of the celestial bodies. In 1810 he filed a patent for a "moving sphere clock" on which he published a booklet in 1823. In 1823, Zacharie Raingo was appointed Clockmaker to H.H. Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres (future King Louis-Philippe) and the following year Clockmaker to the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne. The King of England, George IV, acquired a sundial in 1824 for 300 guineas, which is now in Windsor Castle. The Raingo Frères company, which associated four of Zacharie's sons, was founded in 1823 and moved to 8 rue de Touraine around 1830. They were Adolphe Hubert Joseph (Tournai 1796 - Paris 1839), Charles François Victor (Tournai 1801- Paris 1884), Denis Lucien Alphonse (Tournai 1802 - Paris 1870) and Dorsant Emile Joseph (Tournai 1805 - Paris 1859). At the time of the Exhibition of the Products of Industry of 1844 in Paris, the house is mentioned favorably by the jury: MM. RAINGO frères , in Paris, rue Saintonge, 11. Before talking about their products, let us say a word about these manufacturers: it is a family of industrialists composed of four brothers whose intelligence is constantly acquired for the prosperity of their establishment, in Paris and abroad. The commercial part dominates, and the figure of their export is considerable. Among the great quantity of objects exhibited, we noticed a Louis XIV clock, the chariot of Neptune, accompanied by two candelabras and two very rich vases; a clock, Renaissance form, decorated with painted porcelains, and potiches trimmed with bronzes; two groups, hunting subjects; a clock, Poetry and Eloquence, with child candelabras, are testimonies of the zeal and activity which reign in this factory. In consideration of the importance of this company and the services rendered to the trade, the jury awards the bronze medal to Messrs Raingo frères. (Report of the Central Jury, Exhibition of the products of French industry in 1844) The Raingo brothers quickly made a name for themselves with their bronzes. Indeed, the Raingo brothers, initially known as watchmakers, added art and furniture bronzes to their catalogue. From 1860 onwards, the Raingo company created remarkable pieces for the Emperor and Empress Eugenie, a collection that can be admired today in the Louvre. The Raingo brothers produced pieces based on the Antique style and later on, they produced small models of works by contemporary artists such as Pradier, Carrier-Belleuse or Auguste Moreau. They also work in collaboration with the famous cabinetmaker François Linke. The house is presented at the World Fair
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