The simulated stonework case housing an enamel dial striking movement with outside count wheel and silk suspension, surmounted by two laurel wreaths, flanked by a finely chased and patinated figure of Homer playing a lyre, with a seated dog at his feet, the marble base on paw feet inset with an ormolu plaque depicting an Homeric scene, the clock measuring approximately 53.5 x 39.8 x 18.9mm, dial signed Ledure, Bronzier à Pais and Hémon Hr. bell, circa 1815
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Pierre-Victor Ledure Pierre-Victor Ledure (1783-1840) was a renowned skillful bronzier in the early 19th Century. During the zenith of Napoleonic Empire, gilt-bronze, patinated and ormolu techniques were vastly used in making mantel clocks. Most were embellished with high ideals allegories, gods and goddesses or historical patronages. Examplars of Ledure’s work are in the Palais Vienna in Madrid as well as the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England and the British Embassy in Paris. Tiancheng International is pleased to present a fine patinated bronze, ormolu and griotte marble mantel clock (Lot 186), this timepiece is not merely a timekeeper, but also objets d'art, re-glorifying the splendorous triumph of the Napoleonic Empire.