[1][2][3][4][5] "The Empire clock, like the furniture, adopts a monumentality, a robustness, one can even say a severity, which radically distinguish it from the works of the 18th century.

However, his reputation was such, that Ledure received many important commissions during the Empire period, enjoying the patronage form a wealthy international clientele, such as Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who ordered a considerable number of bronze furnishings for his Würzburg Residence.

In 1820, Ledure supplied a clock case, resembling a Greek temple, to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, for his home, Stratfield Saye House.

[2][7] Pierre-Victor Ledure was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in 1819.

And again at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in 1834, Ledure's company was awarded a gold medal for its collection of Renaissance style clock cases and other works of art.