A Louis XV gilt-bronze mantel clock, circa 1755, the dial and the movement signed Julien Leroy
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7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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the case surmounted by a flowering urn on a truncated column, flanked by two putti standing on fluted pilasters, the sides adorned with ram’s head and inverted volutes, the dial set above a bearded male mask, the base chased with friezes of posts and cherubs, resting on a plinth decorated with waterleaf motifs, the dial and movement signed JULIEN LEROY / A PARIS, the movement numbered 289
Haut. 71 cm, larg. 42,5 cm, prof. 17 cm; Height 28 in, width 16 3/4 in, depth 6 3/4 in
Sotheby’s, Paris, 5 May 2015, lot 257
Julien Le Roy (1686-1759), clockmaker, received master in 1713.
Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) had the honour of being the only clockmaker to be accepted as a member of the prestigious Société des Arts, of which he was elected president before 1723. In 1739, he was appointed Valet du Roi and lodged at the Louvre. The maker of this clock's movement may also have been Pierre Le Roy (d. 1785), Julien's son. Upon his father's death in 1759, he took over the workshop and continued to use his father's name as the company name to sign his work (La dynastie des Le Roy, horlogers du roi, Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1987, from page 27). He and his father collaborated with important bronze casters, including Philippe Caffieri (1714-1774).
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