234,500 CHF
Breguet & Fils No. 2090, sold to Mr. Esseyd Aly Effendi on 16 September 1808 for 3360 Francs. Very fine 18K gold and enamel pair cased, quarter repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking cabriolet clock watch, made for the Islamic Market. Double body outer and three body inner by Amy Gros No. 894, decorated in scarlet flinque enamel the bezels with champleve enamelled decoration, the back with patterns in gold paillons in the Islamic test. The interior of the outer case engraved: "Hadji Assim Effendi " . The inner case can be turned in the outer case so that the watch can be used either as an open face or and a hunter. Gold detachable cuvette. White enamel with gilt Turkish numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass dial plate. Notes Provenance: The property of an important American family since the 1920 's. Formerly in the Dollfus collection. Literature: Illustrate and described by George Daniels in The Art of Breguet, p. 207, fig. 201 a-d. Note: Both the decoration and technical features of this watch are typical of the finest examples made by Breguet to conquer the Islamic Market and are in keeping with the specifications established in the exchange of correspondence beween hint and his friend Effendi, then an influential member of the Turkish Government. Esseid Ali Effendi (? - 1809) Born in Mot-6e, he began his career in Istanbul in the Chancellery of the Sublime Porte, In response to the arrival of Marshal Sebastiani as French Ambassador in Istanbul, th Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
