French Japonisme Gilt and Silvered Bronze Clock Garniture Set By E.F. Caldwell & Co.

A French Japonisme Gilt and Silvered Bronze Clock Garniture Set C. 1886

Retailed by Japy Frères with clock mechanisms by Edward F. Caldwell & Co.

A darling garniture set of three exotic peacocks mounted as a clock and a pair of two light candlesticks. In crisply cast bronze, the intricate details of the birds' feathers, the flora of the forest floor they stand on, and the cherry blossom flowers growing from the barrel-form-cased clock face, pop beautifully, with a small bullrush and a turtle emerging from the brush below the central bird. The candlestick holders are in the form of two cherry blossom branches, held between the beak of the exotic bird. 

Stamped E.F. Caldwell  & Co / 1886/  Philadelphia on the mechanism 

Dimensions:
13.75 in H x 12in W x 7in deep