Lot 5
The movement with five sided baluster pillars, pierced and engraved balance bridge and large silver regulator dial, white enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. The back with a polychrome miniature of winged Jupiter abducting a maiden, the inside of the back with a landscape, the pendant stamped with the makers initials 'AD', surmounted by a crown.
Circa 1750.
Estimate $7,000 - $9,000
Sotheby's, The Berlin Collection, Watches, London, November 1979
Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) was an important 18th Century Parisian clockmaker and watchmaker. He was clockmaker to King Louis XV in 1739. He worked from Rue de Harlay until his death in 1759. Examples of his work are in many major museum collections including the Victoria & Albert, London; the Louvre, Paris; and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8367
6:00pm - 30 June 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Friday 26th – Monday 29th June, 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Hamish Clark
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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