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Lot 191
A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
CIRCA 1790-1795
Closed26 September 2018
Price Realised
USD 12,500
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Specialist note
Nicolas-Alexandre Folin, maître in 1784 is recorded working in Paris, circa 1790-1795.
An almost identical clock with similar eagle cresting, star-shaped wheelwork, calendar work and signature plaque by Folin is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris 1997, p. 320, ill. A.
Another clock of closely related design is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks, The World Over, Paris, 1981, Vol II, p. 240. A similar clock by Folin was sold Sotheby's New York, Important French Furniture, sale 8362 9 November 2007, lot 152.
An almost identical clock with similar eagle cresting, star-shaped wheelwork, calendar work and signature plaque by Folin is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris 1997, p. 320, ill. A.
Another clock of closely related design is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks, The World Over, Paris, 1981, Vol II, p. 240. A similar clock by Folin was sold Sotheby's New York, Important French Furniture, sale 8362 9 November 2007, lot 152.