2,280 CHF
Berthon a Paris. Made circa 1725. Fine, silver oignon watch with silver balance cock and backplate furniture. Two-body, “bassine”, engraved foliate and strapwork decoration pendant. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, winding aperture at 3. Gilt Louis XV hands. 41 mm., gilt full plate, square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, short balance spring, pierced silver cock decorated with two seated figures blowing horns amongst foliate strapwork decoration, silver regulation dial with fine pierced silver foliate feet, steel release catch with large foliate terminal. Movement signed. Diam. 49 mm. Notes Literature: La Montre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1991, pp. 61, 80 & 81, fig 130 & 188.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
