Napoleon III ormolu and coated bronze three-piece clock garniture. "Amphitrite with Triton". Maison Raingo Frères, Paris, France, circa 1870. Signed in the machinery. Garniture consisting of two candelabra of five lightsmade with stems and with feminine figures, and a watch of golden sphere with numeration in Romans on white background. This one shows a feminine figure in the inferior part, accompanied by a child whose lower extremities take the form of fish tails, detail that is also present in the two men who appear behind and are blowing shells. The subject has been drawn from classical mythology: Amphitrite, represented with a trident and sitting on a shell, was the wife of Poseidon, with whom he had a son, Triton, messenger of the deep sea and characterized by his human torso and fishtail lower half. The two male characters would be members of the sea cortege that used to accompany these gods, and the two ladies in the candelabra would be Nereids, marine nymphs, with their cloths wet on the skin. The house Raingo Frères was established in Paris in 1813, and was specialized in the sale of precision watches during the French Empire and the Restoration. Some models of astronomical watches are known, and they owned several patents. In 1830 they settled on Rue de Touraine number 8 in Paris, and in 1841 the four Raingo brothers, originally known as manufacturers of machinery, added bronzes and other decorations to their catalog. In 1860 they made bronzes for the Emperor Napoleón III and the Empress Eugenia de Montijo. Although at first they specialized in classical art, they were already paying attention to contemporary artists such as Pradier, Carrier-Belleuse and Auguste Moreau, using their works in chandeliers and clocks. In addition, they collaborated with prestigious cabinetmakers such as François Linke. La Maison Raingo participated in the Universal Exhibitions of 1867, 1878 and 1889, awarded in all of them with medals and winning the Gold in 1889. So required were his works that, in some cases, sets were created using the same molds, varying in small details : A garrison is known with the candlesticks decorated with Neptune and Amphitrite and the clock like the one of this game, only that without pavonar and everything in bronze gilded, conserved in an important private collection. It is known as Napoleon III style to a French current that flourished during the Second French Empire (1852-1870) in the years of the reign of this monarch, characterized by the inspiration in the Renaissance for works. Architecturally, it is associated with one of the best known projects of this date, the renovation of Paris by Baron Haussmann." Size: 54 x 24 x 79, candelabra 35 x 23 x 78 cms.