185 - Julien LEROY (1686–1759)

Julien LEROY (1686–1759) Yellow gold pocket watch with chain, enameled dial featuring Roman numeral hour markers, Arabic numeral minute markers, and a railway-track minute scale, volute hands, mechanical chain-wound movement with cock and fusee, signed Juln Le Roy / a / Paris; the bezel and case back are enamelled with foliage and flowers within frames engraved with volutes and shells. The chatelaine is decorated with enamel depictions of fruit baskets, flowers, and straw hats within radiating engraved borders; it holds a sealing stamp depicting a miniature clock and a compass with the enameled inscriptions “Profitez / du temps,” the carnelian plate engraved with a turtledove accompanied by the motto “La Fidelle,” a lobster clasp, and a winding key. Made circa 1750. Press stud recessed; a few small chips in the enamel. Gross weight: 71 g (watch) and 64 g (châtelaine) D. 43.5 mm (watch) H. 11.5 cm (châtelaine) Bibliography: Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, 1971, pp. 397–398. A watch by Julien Leroy with an enameled floral motif, a watch featuring a still life with flowers. Public collections: A watch by Julien Leroy with similar floral decorations is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York under accession number 17.190.1566. Bibliography: -Bibliography: Tardy, "Dictionary of French Watchmakers," 1971, pp. 397–398. A watch by Julien Leroy with enameled floral motifs, a watch featuring a floral still life. Public Collections A watch by Julien Leroy with similar floral motifs is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York under accession number 17.190.1566.