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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ROUGE MARBLE TABLE CLOCK
Lot 146 APROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RAYMOND AND MIRIAM KLEIN (LOT 146A)

A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ROUGE MARBLE TABLE CLOCK

BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 86, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed20 October 2011

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ROUGE MARBLE TABLE CLOCK
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 86, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The clockcase modeled as a tambourine amidst blossoming roses, a mask and fan, on an ovoid, bead-molded marble plinth with round feet, the reverse of the fan signed Linke
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high, 5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Another example of Linke's index number 86 was sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 2010, lot 448 ($10,000). Examples of this whimsical clock appear in Linke's Place Vendôme showroom circa 1903 and among the firm's numerous clichés (illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 160 & 487, respectively).