An Empire ormolu mantle clock, By Basile-Charles Le Roy (1765-1839), first quarter 19th century, The case in the form of a table and a bow, surmounted by a seated female figure accompanied by Cupid, resting on a rectangular plinth decorated with foliate ornaments and doves, the enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed Le Roy Hr. de Madame a Paris , the French mechanism with count wheel, striking once every half hour and the whole hour in full, with cord suspended pendulum. As indicated on the dial, Basile-Charles Le Roy was clockmaker to Letizia Bonaparte (née Ramolino), mother of Emperor Napoleon. 39,5x28x12 cm, One wing of the cupid figure partly cracked,