This charming 19th Century mantle clock has an 8 day movement striking on a bell, with a crisp white roman enamel dial with blued steel trefoil hands. The Movement is signed as is the dial and numbered 582, this number is repeated throughout the case and on the accompanying gilt wood stand, a remarkable survival considering this clock dates from the 1860’s.The ormolu case retains its original mercury gilding in almost pristine condition as well as the wonderful handmade porcelain flowers that scintillate on gilded wires interspersed with gilded strawberry leaves. The flowers were almost certainly supplied by the Sevre factory. The gilding on the case has been further enhanced by Burnishing and chasing the surface giving a pleasing tonal change from highly polished to matt in a rococo revival style.Raingo Frères started with Zacharie Joseph Raingo (1775-1847), born in Belgium in 1775, Zacharie Joseph Raingo made astronomical clocks, and example, a planetary pendulum clock made i...