Gilt bronze clock decorated with an allegory of Reading leaning on a library, with a bust of Socrates and a portfolio inscribed Antiquities Herculaneum, resting on a base decorated with Apollo. The dial is signed by the bronzier Pierre Victor Ledure and the clockmaker Claude Hémon. Empire period. H : 46 cm, W : 39 cm, D : 13 cm An Empire period clock in sea-green marble and gilt bronze from the Duc d'Aumale, now kept at the Château de Chantilly, is also signed by the bronze worker Pierre Victor Ledure and the clockmaker Hémon. Ledure was established on rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs in 1812 and on rue Vivienne in 1820. Claude Hémon was an apprentice watchmaker in 1770. He was installed on rue Saint-Martin from 1812 to 1820.