A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK

CIRCA 1790-1795

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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
CIRCA 1790-1795
The white enamel Roman chapterring with blue and gilt decorated edge, surmounted by an eagle on a foliate garland, the center showing the star-shaped frame and wheelwork, pierced and chased ormolu hands, above a rectangular enamel signature signed Folin L'Aine A PARIS
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high, 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide

拍品专文

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.

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