Pendulum Portico Regulator Gray Marble Columns Leroy Paris Empire XIXth

Regulator portico clock with columns in Saint-Anne grey marble, finely chiseled and guilloché gilded bronze ornamentation, decorated with friezes of flowers and friezes of oves, enamelled dial with Roman numerals signed "Le Roy* Horloger du Roi à Paris", from the First Empire period, early 19th century. This clock is in good condition and is of superb quality. We have the key and the pendulum; it works perfectly. Please note: a few tiny scratches on the enamel of the dial, tiny micro-chips on the marble, slight dirt and wear from time, see photos. *The Sainte-Anne Marble is light grey and comes from the Pyrenees. * Le Roy a dynasty of watchmakers. The history of Maison Leroy began in 1747 when Basile Le Roy, a 16-year-old son of a lumberjack, began his apprenticeship as a watchmaker with master Joseph Quétin. Having no watchmaking ancestors, Basile nevertheless bears the already famous name of the genius watchmakers Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) and his son Pierre (1717-1785). In 1785, Basile's son, (Basile)-Charles Le Roy, was received as a Master Watchmaker at the age of 20. With the help of his father, he opened a shop and workshop under the arcades of the Palais Royal that Louis IV of Orléans had just opened to the public and to merchants. The house would keep this address for more than a century. He made watches for Napoleon, the Duke of Bourbon... His son, Charles-Louis, joined him in 1828 to found the Maison Leroy et fils. They became the suppliers of the king and the Duke of Orléans. The successor, Casimir Desfontaines hired Louis Leroy, son of Théodore-Marie Leroy in 1879 as a watchmaker. He specialized in portable watchmaking and in particular in the manufacture of chronometers. Louis Leroy remained alone in 1899. He exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. A watchmaker for the Navy, he received the Cross in 1906. In 1914, he joined forces with his brother Léon under the company name Le Roy & fils, L.Leroy et Cie, sucesseurs. (extract from the Dictionnaire des Horlogers français, Tardy). Dimensions Dial diameter 10 cm / with bronze 14 cm Height 46 cm Width 26.7 cm Depth 12.8 cm Reference: A10 307 All photos are on: www.antiques-delaval.com