In his Dictionnaire des horlogers français, H. L. Tardy lists Lerolle Frères, bronze founders and clockmakers with an address in Paris at the Chaussée des Minimes, in 1840, and at the Chaussée d'Antin between 1850-1860. The founder was Louis Lerolle (1813-1875). In 1849, he handed over the running of the foundry to his children Édouard-François and Camille, who created Lerolle Frères. The siblings were trained sculptors. They exhibited at the Exposition Universelle for the first time in 1839 and won a silver medal at the Exhibition of Agricultural and Industrial Products in 1849. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, they continued to show their work at other expositions (1851, 1855 and 1867). In 1855 they received a first-class medal for a surtout de table for the Princess of Butera.
Most of their creations, especially their clocks, reflect a taste for sculpture, as can be seen in Watch R_70 in the Banco de España Collection.
In his Dictionnaire des horlogers français, H. L. Tardy lists Lerolle Frères, bronze founders and clockmakers with an address in Paris at the Chaussée des Minimes, in 1840, and at the Chaussée d'Antin between 1850-1860. The founder was Louis Lerolle (1813-1875). In 1849, he handed over the running of the foundry to his children Édouard-François and Camille, who created Lerolle Frères. The siblings were trained sculptors. They exhibited at the Exposition Universelle for the first time in 1839 and won a silver medal at the Exhibition of Agricultural and Industrial Products in 1849. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, they continued to show their work at other expositions (1851, 1855 and 1867). In 1855 they received a first-class medal for a surtout de table for the Princess of Butera.
Most of their creations, especially their clocks, reflect a taste for sculpture, as can be seen in Watch R_70 in the Banco de España Collection.