A fine French gilt brass gorge cased carriage clock with alarm Le Roy and Fils, Paris, circa 1870 The eight-day two train bell striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and engraved with serial number 7051 over text Repassée par Leroy & fils h rs, Palais Royal 13 & 15 Paris and further stamped number 3455 to lower left hand corner, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed LEROY & FILS H RS, PALAIS ROYAL 13 & 15, PARIS over 236 REGENT STREET, LONDON to centre and with blued steel moon hands over alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel-glazed frosted gilt gorge case with hinged carrying handle over large top glass, 14cm (5.5ins) high excluding handle. The firm of 'Le Roy & Fils' 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. It is most likely that the current clock was supplied to Le Roy and Fils by the The Holingue brothers, (Jean-Francois and Louis) who were very fine makers of carriage clocks with workshops located in Saint-Nicolas- d Aliermont from around 1840. The Holingue brothers supplied many of the top makers of the period with both movements and complete clocks including Paul Garnier, Moise Bolviller, Athanese Bourdin, Leroy and Drocourt. The workshops were subsequently acquired by Alfred Drocourt in 1875 who continued with the movement serial numbering system established by his predecessors. The serial number 3455 stamped to both the lower left hand corner of the backplate and to the underside of the case pf the current lot will almost certainly be for the Holingue brothers whilst the engraved number 7051 will be for Le Roy and Fils. As an addendum to the above footnote the information relating to Hollingue Fr è res and their working relationships with Le Roy and others needs to be fully credited to Leigh Extence whose valuable research can be found at www.extence.co.uk .
A fine French gilt brass gorge cased carriage clock with alarm Le Roy and Fils, Paris, circa 1870 The eight-day two train bell striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and engraved with serial number 7051 over text Repassée par Leroy & fils h rs, Palais Royal 13 & 15 Paris and further stamped number 3455 to lower left hand corner, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed LEROY & FILS H RS, PALAIS ROYAL 13 & 15, PARIS over 236 REGENT STREET, LONDON to centre and with blued steel moon hands over alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel-glazed frosted gilt gorge case with hinged carrying handle over large top glass, 14cm (5.5ins) high excluding handle. The firm of 'Le Roy & Fils' 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. It is most likely that the current clock was supplied to Le Roy and Fils by the The Holingue brothers, (Jean-Francois and Louis) who were very fine makers of carriage clocks with workshops located in Saint-Nicolas- d Aliermont from around 1840. The Holingue brothers supplied many of the top makers of the period with both movements and complete clocks including Paul Garnier, Moise Bolviller, Athanese Bourdin, Leroy and Drocourt. The workshops were subsequently acquired by Alfred Drocourt in 1875 who continued with the movement serial numbering system established by his predecessors. The serial number 3455 stamped to both the lower left hand corner of the backplate and to the underside of the case pf the current lot will almost certainly be for the Holingue brothers whilst the engraved number 7051 will be for Le Roy and Fils. As an addendum to the above footnote the information relating to Hollingue Fr è res and their working relationships with Le Roy and others needs to be fully credited to Leigh Extence whose valuable research can be found at www.extence.co.uk .
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