Lot 483
FRENCH RESTORATION GILT METAL MANTEL CLOCK, LE ROY ET FILS, PARIS
CIRCA 1820
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600
Description
the white enamel Roman numeral dial signed ‘Le Roy & Fils, Hrs du Roi A Paris’, in an architectural case in the form of a bookcase surmounted by two floral wreaths, flanked by the figures of two children reading, on an oval plinth base mounted with floral garlands, raised on bun feet, the twin train movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel striking to a bell, the backplate stamped ‘No. 3254, Le Roy & Fils, Hers Du Roi, A Paris’
Dimensions
44cm high, 28cm wide, 17cm deep
Footnote
For comparable examples of this clock model see Kjellberg, P.(1997) La Pendule Française p. 430B, and Niehüser, E.(1999) French Bronze Clocks, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, p.2224, no.584.