A RESTAURATION ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK

CIRCA 1820, THE DIAL SIGNED LE ROY, HER DU ROI

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
Circa 1820, the dial signed Le Roy, HER DU ROI
Depicting Jason capturing the Golden Fleece, the young warrior reaching into a tree branch for the fleece with the slain hydra at his feet, the tree centering the ormolu dial with Roman chapter ring, on a rectangular verde antico-veneered base with animal paw feet, the dial inscribed 140/499/O/P/J
26in. (66cm.) high, 15½in. wide, 8in. (20.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Basile Charles Le Roy, maître in 1788.

A clock of this model is in the château de Malmaison in the former bathing room of the Empress Josephine, inventory number: MM.40.47.470. Another example is in the former bedroom of King Joseh in the Royal Palace in Madrid and illustrated in J. Ramon Colon de Carajal, Catologo de Relojes del Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 1987, p. 186 and 239. A virtually identical clock of this model is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encylopédie de la Pendule Franaise, Paris, 1997, p. 413, fig. C. A further closely related example signed Choiselat sold anonymously at Christie's Monaco, 5 December 1993, lot 28 (FF53,280).

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