4,600 CHF
Le Roy, Horloger de Madame à Paris,No. 312/558, circa 1790.Amour endormiFine and unusual ormolu, eight day going, hour and half hour striking clock. Gilt bronze oval base, standing on four engine-turned bun feet and applied with a figure of Cupid flanked by palm-leaf decoration. Cupid is peacefully sleeping beneath a canopy supported by four arrows stuck on the ground, the movement fitted on the canopy. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Brass, pré-mouvement de Paris type, with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, short pendulum with a silk suspension, striking on a bel with the count wheel on the back plateSigned on the dial.Dim. 36 x 25 10 cm. Notes At the time this clock was made, Madame was the title given to the sister of the King.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23
