17,250 CHF
The Little PreacherMathieu Le Jne à Paris No. 893, circa 1770.Very fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with matching chatelaine, key and seal. 35 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement,lain brass three-arm balance with flat spring, continental cock pierced and engraved with scrolls, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate.Signed on the movement.Diam. 43 mm, length with the chatelaine 170 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 156-157. Notes Mathieu Le Jeuneknown as Lejeune (d. Paris after 1806), son of Claude, gardener, and Jeanne Douine. Married to Anne Richter. Ouvrier Libre (1757). Received as a Master on 9 Septembre 1768 by decree of 26 April 1768. His son Alexandre carried on his business under the Empire. Established rue Mazarine (1759), rue Matignon (1761), rue St Honoré near the Jacobins (1769), then rue des Fondeurs (1778), and finally opposite the Observatoire (1800). Used clock cases by Delacroix, Héban and J.B. Osmond.'Les Ouvriers du Temps', Jean-Dominique Augarde, 1996 Antiquorum Editions.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
