THE MOVEMENT BY CHARLES LE ROY, THE CASE BY JEAN-JOSEPH SAINT-GERMAIN

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
The movement by Charles Le Roy, the case by Jean-Joseph Saint-Germain
The circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters signed 'Charles le Roy a Paris', the movement signed conformingly, within a scrolled foliate case, the openings partially lined with a trellis patterned grill, the case stamped 'ST GERMAIN', the back plate stenciled twice '86228'
29½ in. (57 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) wide

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Sale room notice

The provenance for this lot should read M. Chapuis, sale Drouot 18 June 1898, lot 187.
Polowstoff Collection, sale Paris, 7 May 1910, lot 69.

Lot Essay

Charles Le Roy, maître in 1733.

Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (1719 - 1791), elected maître fondeur en terre et en sable on 15 July 1748, enjoyed the privilege of an ouvrier libre - enabling him to act both as an ébéniste and bronzier. He frequently supplied cases to the leading clockmakers of Paris, including the Le Roy workshops.
A closely related model is illustrated in F.Tardy, La Pendule Française, vol.I, p.197; while another was sold anonymously, Drouot, Paris, 29 November 1993, lot 128 (FF 178,000).

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