8,050 CHF
N. Fortin à Paris, circa 1695. Fine, silver overlaid Louis XIV oignon. Double body, oignon, made of gilt brass, overlaid with embossed silver, the back chased with a figure of Orpheus and inhabited foliage ( highlights slightly rubbed). Gilt copper with blue Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, with inner ring for quarter and half hour divisions, the centre engraved with inhabited foliage. Single blued-steel hand. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee for chain, with engraved guard, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, Louis XIV gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Signed on the back plate. h1 good condition. Diam. 56 mm. Notes Nicolas Fortin, died after 1727. Married to Marie- Louise Caron, and Kvas the father of Augustin Ier. He vvas Maître in Paris, and established rue de la Harpe from 1705. As distinct from gilt brass cases which were cast or stamped before being chased, the silver overlay was made from sheet and embossed. The body of the case is of gilt brass, and the work could be carried out both more economically and with grea ter freedom for the choice of subject by the silversmith.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
