Gilt Bronze Clock, Empire Period, Restoration, Signed Lepaute, Period, Early 19th-19th Century

Mantel clock, signed "Lepaute et fils", Empire - Restoration period. Clock cabinet attributed to the bronze-worker Pierre-Victor Ledure (subject clock incorporating a similar clock, signed Ledure, from Cellantiques). Gilt bronze clock decorated on the basis of an allegory of Prudence. The main face is decorated with a lyre, and the sides with a lit torch with wreaths of flowers. The curved damping of the clock has an entablature decorated with palmettes. Enamel dial signed Lepaute Fils and back plate of the mechanism countersigned. Wire movement with pendulum, gong and keys. Clock movement made by the Lepaute house under the direction of Pierre-Basile Lepaute, known as Sully-Lepaute (1750-1843). From 1811, Pierre-Basile formed a new partnership with his son Pierre-Michel (1785-1849) under the name Lepaute et Fils. After the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy, it was named Horloger du Roi. The Lepaute firm then remained one of the main suppliers of clocks to the Garde-Meuble and distinguished itself at the exhibitions of industrial products in 1819 and 1823. In 1820, Pierre-Basile Lepaute's company was established on rue de Richelieu and the following year on rue St-Honoré. Condition: partially erased signature (probably the mention horloger du roi), chip on left winder, well-preserved homogeneous gilding, clean movement but in need of overhaul