A French small gilt-brass striking and repeating carriage clock with Leroy Patent Bottom-Wind

LE ROY & FILS, NO.9476. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A French small gilt-brass striking and repeating carriage clock with Leroy Patent Bottom-Wind
le roy & fils, no.9476. last quarter 19th century
The Louis XV doucine case with ripple cornice mouldings and Corinthian columns, with solid panels to the sides and rear door overlaid with foliate pierced and engraved trellis mounts, conforming mask and centre to the white enamel annular Arabic chapter ring, with signature LE ROY & FILS (partially rubbed), blued hands, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to the cut bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat on gong to the backplate numbered 9476, with Le Roy Patent Bottom-Wind to the base signed LE ROY & FILS PATENT NO. 9501
4.5/8in. (11.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A similar carriage clock with number 9487 is illustrated Charles Allix Carriage Clocks, Woodbridge 1974, p.221, plate VIII/41.

See footnote to lot 178 for an account of the Le Roy Patent Bottom-Wind.

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