Beschreibung:

Le Roy et Fils, Paris, a French mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the maker's details Le Roy et Fils, Paris, 6206, the round white enamel dial having blue Roman numerals, gilt-brass decoration, pierced and engraved hands and signed Le Roy & Fils, Palais Royal, a Paris, Gle Montpensier 13-15, 296, Regent Street, London, the decorative ormolu case with a painted porcelain panel along the shaped base, with ormolu cherubs leaning either side and playing with a heron, one feeding it with a fish in front of rushes, surmounted by a pair of birds within a floral setting, with further floral mounts to the base, height 29cm * Biography Le Roy et Fils were established by Basile Charles Le Roy in 1785 and were well known and fine makers of clocks Basile Charles Le Roy was the Master Clockmaker to Napoleon & along with his son Charles-Louis were clockmakers to the Princess Pauline and the Duke de Bourbon. Examples of their work are in all the major collections as well in the Ministere de la Guerre, Paris. The Maison de Le Roy was founded in 1785 at Palais Royal & continued until the death of Charles at Versailles in 1865. They took on premises at 13-15 Galerie Montpensier, Palais Royal, Paris when the Duc d'Orleans opened the Palais Royal gardens for both the trade and public's use with many prestigious shops opening under the arcaded walkways. From 1885 their London retail outlet was at 57 Bond Street having moved from Regent Street.