The clockcase modelled as a tambourine amidst blossoming roses, a mask and fan, on an oval bead-edged marble plinth with recessed panels mounted with fruiting vines, on turned feet, the reverse of the fan signed F. Linke, the dial signed Linke A Paris, timepiece movement
4¹⁄₂ in. (11.5 cm.) high; 5³⁄₄ in. (14.5 cm.) wide; 3³⁄₄ in. (9.5 cm.) deep

Elias and Flora Meyer, 16 Grosvenor Square, London, and by descent to their daughter Mrs Doris Herschorn (d. 1975) and by descent to her son Hugh Sassoon.

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This whimsical clock - Linke's index number 86 - appeared in Linke's Place Vendôme showroom circa 1903 and the design was among the firm's numerous clichés (illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 160 & 487, respectively). Further examples of this model have been sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 2010, lot 448 ($10,000); from the collection of Raymond and Miriam Klein, Christie's, New York, 19-20 October 2011, lot 146A ($7,500); Christie's, New York, 17 October 2017, lot 152 ($5,000).