The four sides are painted a deep red and feature goldleaf decoration of three leaves each side with a very fine painted on enamel medallion representing allegories oflove, within a gilt bronze frame.The Dial:Convex white enamel, Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic five-minute indications. The cage:Very finely made, in gilt bronze, the four corner niches are blue with gold leaf decoration, and each contains asmall porcelain vase with a gilt bronze flambeau stopper. Magnificent and possibly unique, gilt bronze, porcelain and enamel hanging birdcage clock with automaton canary which appears to breathe, singing seven tunes on the hour or at will.Ĭ. "Singing Canary" Attributed to Jaquet Droz, Geneve. 51 mm., à la Lepine, frosted gilt, standing barrel, inverted cylinder escapement, three-arm flat balance,blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two bells activated by depressingthe pendant.Scratched signed under the lower bell "Henri Robert", each bell with several other scratched names appearing torelate to various former owners.Diam.
Whiteenamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track, Arabic quarter hour markkers. Four -body, flower form, hinged and sprung bezel chased with leaves and set with seed pearls against a back-groundof dark blue translucent champleve enamel on an engine turned ground, the band decorated with chasedbound laurel wreaths within a black champleve enamel ground, stalk-form pendant, the hinged and sprung backcover realistically and very finely painted on enamel with a Gallic rose. Magnificent and very rare gold, painted on enamel and pearl set pocket watch with quarter repeating and centre seconds.Ĭ. 5I, Made for the Chinese Imperial court, circa 1780. "Chinese Peony" Attributable to Jaquet Droz, Geneve, No. 29 mm., frosted gilt, spring barrelwith female arbor, jeweled train, detached straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance,blued steel arm, flat blued steel balance spring, parachute suspension.Dial signed, both cases numbered, the inner case with Tavernier's later type workshop mark.Diam.
Silver, engine turned, eccentric polishedchapter with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers, date aperture above 12, regulation lever andindex at 1 balanced with the signature cartouche at 11. Three-body inner case by Tavernier, No.4117, "forme collier", engine turned, the regu-lation,hand setting, calendar setting and stop buttons in the band. 4117, engine turned, setting button in the band, hinged and sprung frontcover engraved with a small monogram beneath an Earl's coronet, the back engraved with a small letter "W"beneath a Duke's coronet. Very fine and very rare 18K gold very small and very slim montre simple, double-cased, fermée type, pocket watch with calendar, built on the principles of the garde temps.Ĭ. 2789, sold to the Count de Pembroke on Octofor 5,000 francs. Earl's Coronet and Duke's Coronet "Le Comte de Pembroke" Breguet, No.
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