A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

THE DIAL SIGNED JULIAN LE ROY, THE CASE SIGNED CAFFIERI, CIRCA 1745, LACKING ANGEL FINIAL TO CASE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
The dial signed Julian Le Roy, the case signed Caffieri, circa 1745, lacking angel finial to case
With a white enamel dial with Roman chapter ring and Arabic minute ring, signed Julian Le Roy the movement with anchor escapement, silk pendulum suspension inscribed 467 and outside rack and snail striking, also signed Julian le Roy Paris on the back plate and with pull repeat; contained in a cartouche-shaped case surmounted by a starburst chiseled with C-scrolls overall on a cloud and foliage, above a cartouche signed Fait Par Caffieri, above cupid in a chariot being pulled by doves
19in. (48cm) high

Lot Essay

Julien le Roy, maître in 1713

A virtually identical model of clock also signed Caffreri is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris, 1997, p.100, fig. B.

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