A Louis-Philippe Ormolu 'L'escamoteur Chinois' Automaton Clock

Modeled as a Chinese magician performing a cup-and-ball trick, on a plinth base centered by a dial signed 'J.F. HOUDIN' and raised on dragon-form feet, the curtain at the front of the magician's table removable, opening to a plaque engraved 'INVENTÉ ET ÉXECUTÉ, A LA FABRIQUE D'HORLOGERIE DE / J.F. HOUDIN, RUE VIELLE DU TEMPLE No. 78 A PARIS. / 1836'

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