Lot 896
An American Classical Giltwood Mirror, c 1830, the oval frame surmounted by scrolled leafage above cornucopia and grapevine frame, the bottom centered by a large rosette E1200-1800 897 A New Orleans Regulator Clock, attributed to Stanislaus Fournier, mid-19th c., the pecan case with stepped and cove molded cornice over an arched glazed door containing an eglomise dial with Roman numerals, and regulator quality movement with a pinwheel escapement, and a lyre-form pendulum, height 59 in., width 59 in., depth 10in E2500-3500 Provenance: From the collection of antiquarians Frank and Eileen Kemp, New Orleans According to family history, this clock was acquired from Mr E Barbier, Fournier's successor at #60 Royal Street Note: Trained in France, Stanislaus Fournier opened a shop on Toulouse Street in New Orleans in the mid-1840s Fournier soon relocated to 60 Royal Street, where he worked for twenty years, and his apprentice, E Barbier remained for another thirty The pinwheel escapement and lyre form pendulum seen in
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