Lot Essay
This clock is a variant of one by Julien Le Roy in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. In the present model the frieze is hung with a foliate pendant and is inset with a band of pierced roundels, whilst the Le Roy clock has a Vitruvian scroll frieze.
Following the closure of his workshop, in the 1894 dispersal sale of H. Dasson et Cie, lot 77 is listed as Pendule de style Louis XVI, en bronze doré au feu, bronze à patine brune avec socle en ébène; modèle connu sous le nom de la Liseuse Haut., 49 cent.; larg., 68 cent., which entirely corresponds to the offered lot and would appear to be the same clock.
Following the closure of his workshop, in the 1894 dispersal sale of H. Dasson et Cie, lot 77 is listed as Pendule de style Louis XVI, en bronze doré au feu, bronze à patine brune avec socle en ébène; modèle connu sous le nom de la Liseuse Haut., 49 cent.; larg., 68 cent., which entirely corresponds to the offered lot and would appear to be the same clock.