Leroy & Fils, Paris, an ormolu and porcelain mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with the backplate stamped with the trademark of the movement maker Japy frères, along with the name of the retailer Leroy & Fils, Paris, 1212, the round pink porcelain dial has gold Roman numerals and is decorated to the centre with a winged putto above nautical items, with brass spade hands, the ormolu case having a decorative cast shaped base with the main body having scroll shaped side mouldings and surmounted by a cast cherub sitting on a shell within waves and holding the reigns of two sea creatures, height 32cm * Biography; Japy Freres was founded by Frederic Japy of Beaucount, born 1749 who first made movements for the clock industry at his factory in 1777, becoming the largest and most commercially important clockmaking concern in France. The business continued after his death.
Leroy & Fils, Paris, an ormolu and porcelain mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with the backplate stamped with the trademark of the movement maker Japy frères, along with the name of the retailer Leroy & Fils, Paris, 1212, the round pink porcelain dial has gold Roman numerals and is decorated to the centre with a winged putto above nautical items, with brass spade hands, the ormolu case having a decorative cast shaped base with the main body having scroll shaped side mouldings and surmounted by a cast cherub sitting on a shell within waves and holding the reigns of two sea creatures, height 32cm * Biography; Japy Freres was founded by Frederic Japy of Beaucount, born 1749 who first made movements for the clock industry at his factory in 1777, becoming the largest and most commercially important clockmaking concern in France. The business continued after his death.
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