Raingo Frères, Gilt Bronze and Four Glass Mantel Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$50 – $25,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Leland Little[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$700[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Aug 25, 2022[/restrict]
Raingo Frères, Gilt Bronze and Four Glass Mantel Clock
Paris, late 19th century, round enamel dial behind a hinged glass door, having arabic numeral hour markers and signed "Raingo Fres / Paris," the brass works marked "Raingo Fres / Paris / 3434" with additional stamp "A.D. Mougin Deux Medailles," within a four glass panel and gilt bronze case, scrolled acanthus side mounts, floral swag with torch and quiver surmount, shaped base with floral and foliate mounts, raised on six turned feet. Includes sunburst mask pendulum, and later key.
13 x 8 1/2 x 4 in.
The Collection of the late Mr. William Hulbert, Chesapeake, Virginia
Raingo Freres a Paris Mantel Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $1,500[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$400[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Nov 20, 2022[/restrict]
Raingo Freres a Paris mantel clock in a black marble case with gilt bronze mounts, the oblong base with inset with panels of gilt foliate ornament, case front with Adamesque vines and and torch, the top with urn and laurel swags, the sides with gilt cornucopias spilling their bounty onto base, all resting on cast bronze feet, roman numeral white enamel dial signed "RAINGO FRES A PARIS" with blue arabic numerals, outer five minute markers and Louis XV style hands, signed 8 day, two train, pendule de Paris movement striking the hour and half hour on delicate nickel plated bell
French Porcelain & Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture, Raingo Freres, Paris
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $4,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine’s Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,400[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2022[/restrict]
French Porcelain & Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture, Raingo Freres, Paris
late 19th century
the clock with two seated cherubs, hand-painted porcelain panels with scenes of classical figures, French ebauche 8-day brass time and strike movement, signed on the dial and movement
19 3/4 x 14 x 5 1/2 inches (clock)
17 x 9 1/2 x 9 inches (candelabra)
A rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box signed Raingo Freres
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$100,000 – $150,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$150,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]2022[/restrict]
Raingo Freres, Paris, a rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box, the rotunda form case with gilt leaf and dart molded rings at top and bottom, the columns with finely ornamented gilt bronze bases and capitals, supporting the entablature, the top mounted with bas relief ormolu signs of the zodiac and a silvered calendar ring, gilt, signed, roman numeral engine turned dial with finely detailed cast bezel, blued steel Breguet style hands and concentric double pointer indicating the day and deities, 8 day two train movement with compensated gridiron pendulum and striking the hours and half hour on a bell, and controlling the rate of rotation of the orrery, demonstrating the motion of the earth and moon around the sun, the four year orrery movement with its own power source and rectangular plates, and with horizontal, dead silvered dials at each end, one indicating the common and leap years, the other showing the age of the moon, with optional manual drive through a handle at the right side of the clock, all resting on a square plinth containing the musical mechanism with pinned cylinder, playing at noon and midnight or on demand, the front with brass plate engraved "Fecit Raingo a Paris", and with three toggles for controlling silence, manual play, and tune change, the clock beneath a protective glass dome
A rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box signed Raingo Freres
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$100,000 – $150,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$150,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]
Raingo Freres, Paris, a rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box, the rotunda form case with gilt leaf and dart molded rings at top and bottom, the columns with finely ornamented gilt bronze bases and capitals, supporting the entablature, the top mounted with bas relief ormolu signs of the zodiac and a silvered calendar ring, gilt, signed, roman numeral engine turned dial with finely detailed cast bezel, blued steel Breguet style hands and concentric double pointer indicating the day and deities, 8 day two train movement with compensated gridiron pendulum and striking the hours and half hour on a bell, and controlling the rate of rotation of the orrery, demonstrating the motion of the earth and moon around the sun, the four year orrery movement with its own power source and rectangular plates, and with horizontal, dead silvered dials at each end, one indicating the common and leap years, the other showing the age of the moon, with optional manual drive through a handle at the right side of the clock, all resting on a square plinth containing the musical mechanism with pinned cylinder, playing at noon and midnight or on demand, the front with brass plate engraved "Fecit Raingo a Paris", and with three toggles for controlling silence, manual play, and tune change, the clock beneath a protective glass dome
Monumental French Napoleon III Gilt & Patinated Bronze Clock Garniture, Raingo Freres, Paris
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$6,000 – $8,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine’s Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$6,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2022[/restrict]
Monumental French Napoleon III Gilt & Patinated Bronze Clock Garniture
mid-19th century
comprising a clock and a pair of candelabra each decorated with floral swags, the clock surmounted by female and child allegorical figures, the candelabras with a satryr and woman, dial marked "Raingo Fres, A Paris," movement marked "Raingo Freres, Paris, 1087"
21 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 10 inches (clock)
29 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (candelabra)
Raingo Freres Bronze Mantel Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $4,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmidt’s Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$1,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Oct 01, 2022[/restrict]
A mid 19th century French Louis XV Style Bronze and Marble mantel clock by Raingo Freres, Paris. 8-day time and strike movement with convex porcelain dial marked "Raingo Freres, A Paris" with Roman hour numerals and Arabic minutes, serial #3131. Bronze and Gilded Bronze case with a Mother and Child Bronze figure on a base with reeded body, floral dial swags and a shaped molded foot with foliate detail, sits on a shaped Egyptian marble base. All sections of case marked with "3131" serial number. Minor wear to finish, dial hairlines and flakes at 12:00 and winding arbors, running when cataloged. 19 1/2" high. ESTIMATE $3,000-4,000