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Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 202

Jolin a Orleans. Made circa 1745. Fine and rare, Louis XV gilt bronze night clock with cord-pull wound alarm.

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,500 / USD 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

C. Finely cast and chased rococo scroll and rocaille stand with three legs extending into flower and leaf mounts flanking the dial, foliate scroll and flower cresting above the dial with aperture for the hour pointer in the form of an arrow. D. Rotating brass chapter ring pierced with radial Roman numerals and outer star markers, the numerals illuminated as they pass the ?12? position, inner brass alarm disc with Arabic numerals and inner half-hour ring. M. 100 x 93 mm, brass with four turned baluster pillars, going barrel, tic-tac anchor escapement with silk suspension and brass-bob pendulum, underslung alarm bell, hinged brass doors and shaped top-plate on which to place the light source. Movement signed. Dim. 29 x 22 x 15 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-7

Good

Oxidized

Movement: 3-7*

Good

Oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-7

Good

Oxidized

Notes

Louis Jollin (Or Jolin), worked in the Rue Royale, Orleans from 1740, he died in 1781. There is a clock by Jolin in the Musee d'Orleans. See: Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Francais, 1972.