LEROY, PARIS, CIRCA 1800

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AN EMPIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU STRIKING FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
LEROY, PARIS, CIRCA 1800
Modelled with a figure of Diana the Huntress on a rockwork base, the plinth with gamebird mounts flanking a panel cast in relief with scene of hunting dogs bringing down a stag, the white enamel Roman dial centred by a blue star and signed Leroy/À PARIS, blued steel Breguet hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; bezels possibly replaced; pendulum
48.5 cm. high

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Pierre Kjellberg, L'Encyclopedie de la Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1997, p.335, fig.G.

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