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Lot 337
Sale 6059 - International Sale
Jan 28, 2015
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$15,000 -
20,000
Price Realized
$23,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Fine Directoire ormolu and enamel pendule squelette the movement by Nicolas-Alexandre Folin, enamel by Georges-Adrien Merlet, circa 1795
White enamel chapter ring with Arabic hours signed G. Merlet, open to the center to reveal an openwork gilt bronze star before the movements, surmounted by a subsidiary enameled moon phase dial, above subsidiary white enamel dials showing the day of the week and sign on the right and the date on the left, the dials flanking a white enamel lozenge signed "Folin L'aine a Paris", all above a gilt and enameled arch raised on a marble plinth with ormolu frieze and five toupie feet.
H: 18 3/4, W: 10 5/8, D: 5 3/8 in.