$3,540
“Capucine” French. Made circa 1790. Fine, brass, eight-day going, hour and half-hour striking, Capucine clock with pull repeat. Brass rectangular arch-top, glazed sides, the front decorated with leaf, swag and sun mounts, four finials at the top, gilt brass engine-turned decorated bezel, raised on four turned brass feet. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic fifteen-minute numerals. Pierced gilt hands. Brass rectangular full plate with four cylindrical pillars, going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, pendulum with brass bob, silk suspension, rack striking work, striking on the underslung bell. Dim. Height 16,5 cm., width 8 cm. Notes Le Roy A watchmaking dynasty founded by Bazile-Charles Le Roy, whose father, Bazile Le Roy, was himself a fine watchmaker. Bazile- Charles Le Roy settled in the Palais Royal in 1788, first at 88, Galerie de Pierre, then at 13-15 of the same Galerie. He signed: Le Roy, Palais Royal, or Le Roy, Galerie Egalité. During the Reign of Terror, Le Roy adopted the anagram Eylor, only using his real name again after the Revolution. During the First Empire, Le Roy supplied watches and clocks to the Imperial family and in 1806 was appointed Clockmaker to Madame Mère, the Emperor's mother. His signature became: Le Roy, Hgr de S A I & R (Son Altesse Impériale et Royale), Madame Mère de l'Empereur et Roi. Le Roy’s son Louis-Charles began working wiith him around 1815, and in 1827 they beca
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-03-28
