Grande Garniture De Cheminée Napoléon III, En Bronze Doré Et Patiné, Paris, Vers 1855

Important three-piece clock garniture set, white marble, gilt and patinated bronze including a clock and two candelabra with four lights held by putti musicians, seated on truncated fluted columns. The clock decorated with an angel seated on a column holding a drapery supporting a cylinder in which is inscribed the movement with an enamel dial decorated with flowers and indicating the hours in Arabic numerals. The elements resting on four top legs.
French work in the style of Clodion
Movement signed by the watchmaker VINCENTI, silver medal 1855

Circa 1855


Dimensions:

Clock
height 54cm
length 33cm
depth 28cm

Candelabra
height 65cm
length 29cm
depth 26cm


Material: White marble and gilded and patinated bronze
Origin: FRANCE
Condition of the object: It needs to be cleaned
Signature: Vincenti 1855


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Biography VINCENTI watchmaking house
Born in Corsica, Jean (Ghjuvanni-Giovanni) Vincenti founded the Vincenti & Cie watch factory in Montbéliard on October 6, 1823. For the most part, Vincenti developed his own machines and production devices for the manufacture of wheels, pinions, raw movements (Roulant Blancs) and complete watch movements. After a few years, the company encountered financial difficulties and had to file for bankruptcy on February 24, 1828.

COO Jean "Albert" Roux took over some of the shares of Vincenti and his business partner James Thayer. This sale of shares enabled the company in difficulty to benefit from a capital contribution of 110,000 francs. On October 24, 1829, Vincenti & Cie was able to resume its activities. Despite health problems, the company founder Vincenti set out to find new production methods. In Paris, he meets Henri Laresche. Laresche advised Vincenti on this. Six years after its bankruptcy, in 1834 in Paris, the company seduced the jury with its watches: their exploit was rewarded with a silver medal. Jean Vincenti did not live to see the return, he died of cancer in 1833.
After the death of Jean Vincenti, Albert Roux takes over the company. The name change to Albert Roux & Cie was probably due to legal reasons, as watches continued to be sold under the Vincentie & Cie brand. In 1855, the company again won a gold medal. The company traditionally continues to operate a representative office in Paris rue des Arquebusiers (display this address), later at 110 rue Vieille-du-Temple. From 1863, the companies Vincenti & Cie, Japy Frères & Cie and S Marti & Cie closely together in the production and marketing of watches. Witness the biography of Emile Louis Japy: around 1870, he was a director and shareholder of Marti & Cie. and Vincenti & Cie.
Vincenti & Cie existed until 1923.