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A rare French gilt brass ‘humpback’ cased petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm, L. Leroy et Cie, Paris, circa 1900

Schätzpreis
3.000 £ - 4.000 £
ca. 3.686 $ - 4.915 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 145

A rare French gilt brass ‘humpback’ cased petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm, L. Leroy et Cie, Paris, circa 1900

Schätzpreis
3.000 £ - 4.000 £
ca. 3.686 $ - 4.915 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A rare French gilt brass humpback cased petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm L. Leroy et Cie, Paris, circa 1900 The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of gongs and sounding the hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm set via a small silvered Arabic numeral dial positioned the winding squares and sounding on the smaller gong, the backplate signed L. Leroy & Cie, 7. B d de la Madeleine, Paris to upper margin and numbered 18080 to centre, the 3.25 inch wide engine-turned silvered brass arched dial with Roman numeral chapter ring and gilt spade hands over repeat signature L. LEROY & CIE, 7. BOUL D DE LA MADALEINE, PARIS inscribed in three lines onto small chamfered panel reserves, the arched gilt brass case with hinged gilt oval pendant handle over bevel-glazed moulded dial aperture and slender architectural stepped ogee shoulder mouldings to each side, the rear with hinged door and standing on four generous bun feet, the underside with strike selection lever inscribed Silence/Sonnerie, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle; with original blue velvet black leather covered travelling case stamped gold lettering L. LEROY & CIE to front edge. Provenance: Sold at Christies, South Kensington, London The Dr. Eugene and Rose Antelis Collection of Important French Carriage Clocks 26 th November 1998 (lot 76) for a premium inclusive £2,990. The firm of 'L. Leroy & Cie' can be traced back to 1785 when the business was founded by Basille Charles Le Roy at 60 Galerie de Pierre, Palais Royal, Paris. During the Revolutionary years the firm relocated to 88 Rue de L'Egalite before finally settling at Galerie Montpensier, 13 and 15 Palais Royal. In 1828 Basille Charles died leaving the business to his son, Charles-Louis, who continued producing clocks signed 'Le Roy & Fils' until 1845 when the firm was sold to his former employee Casimir Halley Desfontaines; who in turn was succeeded by his son M. George Halley Desfontaines in 1883. In 1888 M. George Halley died leaving the business to his brother Jules Halley who then took-in as a partner Louis Leroy (apparently no relation to the founders of the firm). In 1899 the firm left Palais Royal and moved to Boulevard de La Madeleine where it continued trading in the hands of various successors until well into the 20th century. The arched humpback form of the case of current lot was most likely first used by Abraham-Louis Breguet in around 1822 (see Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 43). During the latter years of the 19 th century this style of case was revived with English makers such as Jump and Nicole Nielsen producing highly complicated carriage clocks in the Breguet tradition. The current lot would almost certainly have been made to follow this fashion with the engine turned dial echoing that of Breguet. The classic simplicity of the humpback carriage clock remains popular today as demonstrated by the premium inclusive £5,312 achieved for a closely related (but hour striking only) example, also by Leroy (No. 17894), sold at Bonhams, London Fine Clocks, 19 th June 2019 (lot 4).

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 145
Auktion:
Datum:
02.10.2019
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A rare French gilt brass humpback cased petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm L. Leroy et Cie, Paris, circa 1900 The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of gongs and sounding the hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm set via a small silvered Arabic numeral dial positioned the winding squares and sounding on the smaller gong, the backplate signed L. Leroy & Cie, 7. B d de la Madeleine, Paris to upper margin and numbered 18080 to centre, the 3.25 inch wide engine-turned silvered brass arched dial with Roman numeral chapter ring and gilt spade hands over repeat signature L. LEROY & CIE, 7. BOUL D DE LA MADALEINE, PARIS inscribed in three lines onto small chamfered panel reserves, the arched gilt brass case with hinged gilt oval pendant handle over bevel-glazed moulded dial aperture and slender architectural stepped ogee shoulder mouldings to each side, the rear with hinged door and standing on four generous bun feet, the underside with strike selection lever inscribed Silence/Sonnerie, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle; with original blue velvet black leather covered travelling case stamped gold lettering L. LEROY & CIE to front edge. Provenance: Sold at Christies, South Kensington, London The Dr. Eugene and Rose Antelis Collection of Important French Carriage Clocks 26 th November 1998 (lot 76) for a premium inclusive £2,990. The firm of 'L. Leroy & Cie' can be traced back to 1785 when the business was founded by Basille Charles Le Roy at 60 Galerie de Pierre, Palais Royal, Paris. During the Revolutionary years the firm relocated to 88 Rue de L'Egalite before finally settling at Galerie Montpensier, 13 and 15 Palais Royal. In 1828 Basille Charles died leaving the business to his son, Charles-Louis, who continued producing clocks signed 'Le Roy & Fils' until 1845 when the firm was sold to his former employee Casimir Halley Desfontaines; who in turn was succeeded by his son M. George Halley Desfontaines in 1883. In 1888 M. George Halley died leaving the business to his brother Jules Halley who then took-in as a partner Louis Leroy (apparently no relation to the founders of the firm). In 1899 the firm left Palais Royal and moved to Boulevard de La Madeleine where it continued trading in the hands of various successors until well into the 20th century. The arched humpback form of the case of current lot was most likely first used by Abraham-Louis Breguet in around 1822 (see Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 43). During the latter years of the 19 th century this style of case was revived with English makers such as Jump and Nicole Nielsen producing highly complicated carriage clocks in the Breguet tradition. The current lot would almost certainly have been made to follow this fashion with the engine turned dial echoing that of Breguet. The classic simplicity of the humpback carriage clock remains popular today as demonstrated by the premium inclusive £5,312 achieved for a closely related (but hour striking only) example, also by Leroy (No. 17894), sold at Bonhams, London Fine Clocks, 19 th June 2019 (lot 4).

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 145
Auktion:
Datum:
02.10.2019
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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