141,000 CHF
Jacob Molly, Geneva, circa 1650. Extremely fine and rare, 22 ct. gold, enamel and amethyst-colour faceted glass, single-hand, lady's pendant watch with concealed dial. 26 mm o, gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, fusee and gut-line, verge escapement, steel two-arm circular foliot, elongated gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with floral decoration secured by a screw, worm and wheel mainspring setting.Signed on the movement.Diam. 34 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 62-63. Notes Provenance: previously in the collection of The King of Naples.Molly Jacob (Moly)working in Geneva, became Master watchmaker in 1630. He formed the pupils Jercelat, in 1662, and Jean Duboule, in 1663. Four pieces only with amethyst glass are known to have survived.The 'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998,
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
