Lot 219
Lot 219
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
A FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE FIGURAL CLOCK

SIGNED A. RAPIN, PARIS, DATED 1889

Price Realised USD 5,000
Estimate
USD 5,000 - USD 8,000
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A FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE FIGURAL CLOCK

SIGNED A. RAPIN, PARIS, DATED 1889

Price Realised USD 5,000
Price Realised USD 5,000
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Modeled as a crouching putto supporting a barrel-form clockcase, on a column plinth, the base signed 'A. Rapin 1889', the clock movement inscribed 'LF' with inventory number '5723'
1814 in. (46.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 2012, lot 205 ($12,500).
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