A very fine small Louis XV gilt bronze quarter repeating cartel by Jacques Caffieri and Julien LeRoy

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Jacques Caffieri (1678-1755) was the tenth son of Phillippe Caffieri [1634-1716], who emigrated from Naples at the request of Cardinal Mazarin to decorate the interiors at Versailles. He was elected to the Académie de Saint-Luc as a sculptor, and created many of the original designs that were proprietary models of his foundry. From 1736, when he was appointed fondeur-ciseleur des Bâtiments du Roi, Caffieri remained in the employ of the French Crown. His most famous work is the large astronomical clock, its movement designed by Passemont and made by Dauthiau, which was completed in 1753 for the Cabinet de la Pendule at Versailles. Pierre Verlet notes that Caffieri typically signed bronzes destined for the French Crown.

see the extensive biographical information in:
de Bellaigue, Geoffrey. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, Fribourg 1974