168,500 CHF
Unsigned, ( Freres Rochat), Geneve, case by Georges Remond, made for the Chinese Market between 1805 and 1815. Retailed by A. Liodet, Place des Bergues, No. 8, a Geneve. Very fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl-set, singing bird box with centre second musical watch, in original fitted box. Small white enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel hands. Gold dial-plate. Gilt brass with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and regulator. Pin drum musical movement with two stacks of 7 steel vibrating blades. Singing Bird movement: Rectangular full plates with turned pillars, fusee with chain, cylindrical bellow, the multi-coloured feathered bird with moving wings, tail, beak and turning head, controlled by a stack of 8 cams, gold engraved grill. hl very good condition. Dim. 95 x 59 x 15 mm. Notes Although not signed, this singing bird box can be attributed to the Freres Rochat, for its movements, both the watch and the musical trains, as well as the singing bird movement, are identical to those of the box sold by Antiquorum in Geneva on 16th October 1994, lot No. 563, with the movement signed with the Rochat master mark. Freres Rochat of Geneva (Amy Napoleon et Louis) watchmakers 140 rue de Coutance between 1810 and 1835, apprenticed with their father. Worked for Meylan in Brassus, then for Jaquet- Droz and Leschot. They set up on their own circa 1810. They produced most of the best complicated automata and si Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-04-20
