A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE CARTEL CLOCK

BY PIERRE LE ROY, CIRCA 1750, THE LATER ENGLISH MOVEMENT BY BELL & SON, LONDON

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE CARTEL CLOCK
BY PIERRE LE ROY, CIRCA 1750, THE LATER ENGLISH MOVEMENT BY BELL & SON, LONDON
The glazed enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed 'PIERRE LE ROY A LA SOCIETE DES ARTS A PARIS', the later movement signed 'Bell & Son, London, 1862', the red-japanned panels probably original, the movement changed in England in the 19th Century
23¾ in. (60 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes Burns, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire, and thence by descent to
Major General Sir George Burns, KCVO, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire, sold Christie's house sale, 24-26 September 1979, lot 47.

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Lot Essay

Pierre Le Roy (1717-1785), maître in 1737, juré in 1748.

Conceived in the 'pittoresque' style of the late 1740s, this elegant cartel clock was specifically made for a bedroom, to be hung in a lit d'alcove. It does not strike at the hours or quarters, but would have been originally fitted with a special striking mechanism activated by a small pull. The following lot in the North Mymms sale was a very similar example of this model signed ESTIENNE LE NOIR PARIS.

A virtually identical cartel clock with red-japanned panels and struck with the C couronné poinçon, the movement also signed Pierre Le Roy, was sold from the collection of the late Lt.-Col. J.C. Dundas, DSO, DL, JP, Christie's London, 13 July 1967, lot 221.

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