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Le Roy & Fils, Paris, a mirrored lyre-shaped mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and Brocot pendulum regulation and having a heavy cast-brass pendulum bob, the backplate stamped Le Roy & Fils, Paris, No 4896, along with the stamp of the blanc roulant maker Vincenti et Cie, the round white enamel dial having blue Roman hour numerals, Arabic outer five-minute numerals and signed to the centre Le Roy & Fils, Palais Royale a Paris, Gie Montensier 13-15. Medaille a L'Expose Londres 1851, the gilt-wood case of lyre form with inset mirrored panels some having applied gilt deoration, height 42cm.
Estimate: £400 - £600
Realised: £620
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Le Roy, Paris, a French porcelain lyre clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the backplate stamped with the serial number 25462, the round white enamel dial having black Arabic hour numerals with coloured floral swags between, gilt brass lyre-shaped hands and signed Le Roy, 59 New Bond Street, London, Made in France with the paste-set 'pendulum' circle set around the dial with a brass and steel pendulum rod, the blue porcelain lyre shaped case with gilt-brass decorative floral mounts, an ormolu sunburst to the top and standing on gilt bun feet, height 34cm.
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Realised: £2,200
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Leroy ' Paris, a black marble perpetual calendar mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, stamped on the backplate with the signature & serial number of the retailer, Leroy ' Paris, 13492, and the trademark of the maker of the roulant blanc, S Marti et Cie, Medaille de Bronze and oval stamp with the initials CAF quite probably the finisher of the movement for Leroy, with a visible Brocot escapement to the centre of the two-piece enamel dial, black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, signed to the centre for the retailer Leroy & Fils, 211 Regent Street, 13 & 15 Palais Royale, Paris, with a thermometer set below the dial showing both Reaumur and Fahrenheit, with a round barometer dial set to the lower right-hand side having two badges stamped on, with a second subsidiary dial having further subsidiary dials showing the moonphase, day & date and with the outer dial marked for the perpetual calendar changes and month, the black marble case of serpentine design with scroll sides, height: 51 cms.
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500
Realised: £2,900
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