A Private Collection: Volume 2, Important Furniture and Decoration Inspired by XVIII Century Models

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Lot 5
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françois linke Horloge À Poser, Index number 0104 Paris, circa 1900

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Description

  • François Linke
  • height 14 1/2 in.; width 12 1/2 in.; depth 7 in.
  • 37 cm; 31.5 cm; 17.5 cm
gilt-bronze and white marble, the white enamel dial signed F. Linke/Paris, the movement by PONS and numbered 7451, the figure signed LINKE and with inscription CLODION at the base.

Catalogue Note

Linke title: Pendule groupe faunesse et dépouille lion, socle marbre blanc.

This clock in Louis XVI style is one of 131 bronze objects and clocks listed in Linke's pocket notebook together with prices. An expensive model, the present lot had a retail price of 925 francs. Consistent with the other 130, there are no details in the cabinetmaker's Daybooks and as yet no discovery has been made as to where Linke purchased the master patterns for this celebrated neoclassical model.