A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
The glazed circular enamelled dial with both Roman numerals and Arabic chapters signed FOL FILS, surmounted by a laurel-wreathed urn with Greek-key collar above an arched breakfront cornice, the sides with confronting C-scrolls hung with husk swags, above a glazed panel with channelled border, flanked by pierced foliate sides, above an acanthus spray, with pendulum, the movement signed Fol le Fils A Paris
19in. (48cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymouse sale, Arcole, Paris, 14 December 1992

Lot Essay

Fol Fils was troisième valet de chambre du roi between 1777 and 1784 and horloger du roi de Pologne in 1786.

A cartel clock with identical case was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 18 June 1994, lot 72.

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