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Nicolas Sotiau (1749-1791), maître in 1782, is recorded the following year at Rue St-Honoré and died in 1791 at the age of 42 (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Paris, p. 598).
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BY NICOLAS SOTIAU, PARIS, CIRCA 1785
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
BY NICOLAS SOTIAU, PARIS, CIRCA 1785
With balustraded cornice above a rectangular case, the polychrome enamel dial with inner concentric calendar showing date and days of the week, pierced and engraved gilt main hands and blued steel pointer date hands, signed 'Sotiau A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike to bell
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high
BY NICOLAS SOTIAU, PARIS, CIRCA 1785
With balustraded cornice above a rectangular case, the polychrome enamel dial with inner concentric calendar showing date and days of the week, pierced and engraved gilt main hands and blued steel pointer date hands, signed 'Sotiau A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike to bell
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high
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