102,500 CHF
Piguet & Meylan, No. 764, singing bird movement by Frères Rochat, box maker: G.R. in a lozenge, Georges Reymond, Geneva, circa 1820.Very fine and rare, 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl-set, singing bird box with centre-seconds concealed watch, made for the Chinese market. In original fitted box. Two-part, rectangular, rounded corners, the bird cover has an oval medallion painted on enamel with a bouquet of flowers on turquoise ground. The top, the panels on the sides, and the base of the box are decorated in opaque black enamel and translucent Imperial blue enamel over foliate engraving and guilloché. The back panel hinged for the key compartment. The top hinged lid, with split pearl-set borders, lifts separately from the bird cover showing the movement cover decorated with white chaplevé enamel with a vase of flowers and laurel garlands, azure frame with gold geometrical decoration. To the left of the medallion is the dial. Notes Piguet Lot MeylanFor a biography, see page 224Rochat (Frères)For a biography, see lot 217Reymond Georgesactive from 1783 to 1815-20. Master goldsmith 22 December 1783 and struck his first Master mark. Seven years later he appears to have formed a company: Georges Rémond Lot Cie., which eventually became, circa 1800, Rémond, Mercier, Lamy Lot Cie. During the French occupation of Switzerland by Napoléon, J.-G. Rémond recorded marks which were in accordance with the laws of the newly formed Département of Léman, i.e. his initials within a lozenge. F
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
