An impressive French drum shaped bronze gilt mantel clock with foliate design and swags of flowers on white carrara marble shaped base stood on decorative feet with an inset porcelain painted panel to the front of a putti. The clock has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and a French eight day duration movement which strikes the hours and half hours on a bell.The dial and the movement back plate has the makers name:-Leroy & FilsParisGalerie Montpensier 13 & 15Leroy et Fils was founded in 1785 by Basile Charles Leroy. The company became the clockmakers to Napoleon I, Princess Pauline and the Duke of Bourbon. They had retail outlets in both Paris and London and under Queen Victoria they were the only foreign clock makers that had the British royal warrant.The clock movement has been cleaned and serviced and comes with a 12 month guarantee.Height - 28 cm (11 inches)Width - 25 cm (10 inches)Depth - 13 cm (5 inches)Circa - 1870 - 1880ABOUT - Arrowsmith Antiques has been established in Macclesfield, Cheshire for 35 years. We sell high quality antique furniture, clocks, lighting and decorative items ready for your home, to the general public and interior designers around the world from our showroom. Our stock inventory consists of decorative Continental, English and Oriental items ranging from the 18th century through to the 20th century.DELIVERY - Delivery is included in the price for most of the mainland UK. If you are interested in purchasing and are outside the UK mainland or in the Scottish Highlands please get in touch first for a shipping quote. If you are an overseas buyer please contact us with your address so we can provide you with an accurate shipping quote and we will get back to you as soon as possible.Certain small and light items will be delivered within a couple of working days which are provided with a tracking number and are usually next day delivery services. They are packaged to a high standard, double boxed, bubble wrapped and bedded in foam. Our preferred courier is Parcelforce, however we may send with a different courier occasionally. Items like mantel clocks, smaller ceiling lights and wall lights, table lamps and miscellaneous items usually come in to this category. If you are unsure the item you are interested in comes under our small policy for next day delivery service please get in touch.Larger and heavier items are delivered by a trustworthy carrier and we aim to deliver within two weeks of purchase, but please allow three weeks. We use smaller carrier companies which take a bit longer but we would rather your item arrives at your door safely. Like our small items, our larger items are packaged well and protected.PAYMENT - We accept BACS payment but we also accept debit and credit card and PayPal through our own website. All items come with an invoice with description and age.Height is 28cm (11.0inches)
Width is 25cm (9.8inches)
Depth is 13cm (5.1inches)