Set consisting of a gilt bronze French clock and two large candelabra. The clock is made by Samuel Marti. The bronze is attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley. Inside the clock mechanism is the original watchmaker's mark dated 1900, stamped with a gold medal. The set consists of a clock and a pair of high quality mercury bronze candelabra. The clock has a side drape with laurel spurs and foliate finials. The dial is in white enamel with Roman numerals in cartouche. Serial number 9685 c.d. The watch has a suspended base with small foliate bags flanking a draped tassel containing. The back is draped and in the centre we find its pivot with the watch gear inside. The composition ends with the winged putto or angel inserted above the clasp. The ensemble is completed by a pair of six-light candelabra (one central and five arms) with fluted body and shaped vase-shaped lights with ribbon handles, on a worked base decorated with foliage. Overall decorated with enamelled bands of arabesques and scrolls and Neo-Greek motifs with stylised palmettes and antennas.
Samuel Marti was born on 20 September 1811 in Langenthal, Canton Bern, Switzerland. He was the son of Jean Marti and Barbe Neukom. In 1830 he moved to Montbéliard in France and married Camille Adèle Masson in Montbéliard in 1851. Four children were born from this marriage. Camille Emilie in 1852, Louise Amélie in 1852 and twins Samuel Augustus and Emilie Suzanne, Eugénie on 4 December 1857. Samuel Augustus Marti later became the successor in his father's business. His son André Samuel Jules Marti (1890-1958) married Jenny Alice Marthe Japy, a descendant of Auguste Julien Japy. In 1849 his company won a bronze medal at an exhibition in Paris and in 1900 it won a gold medal in Paris.
The watch measures
Height 70 cm
Depth 21 cm
Width 45 cm
The candelabrum measures
Height 70 cm
Diameter 39 /40 cm
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