21,850 CHF
La Musique Edelynne à Paris, No. 248, circa 1760. Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel, diamond-set, à toc, quarter-repeating watch. Two-body, Louis XV, by master casemaker Horace-BenedictPasteur, back finely painted on enamel with ascene depicting three children playing the harpsichord, violinand cello, after Carle Van Loo (1705-1765), bezels in opaque blueenamel simulating lapis lazuli, the edge of the front bezel, bow, pendant and thumb pieces diamond-set. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aper-tureat 2 o’clock. Diamond-set "Louis XV" hands. 38 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars,fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on goldblocks in the case by depressing the pendant. Signed on the movement.Diam. 46 mm. Notes This scene, quite popular at the time, was taken from an engraving by Etienne Fessard after Carle Van Loo’s (1705- 1765) painting entitled "La Musique", which was part of a series of allegories on the Arts done for Madame de Pom-padour. An almost identical case with a movement by Pierre II LeRoy is in the Louvre Museum (inv. OA 8345), another with a Caron movement was in the Jubinal de Saint-Albin Collection, and one by Baillon is in the Paul Dupuy Museum in Toulouse (inv. 18.258). Pierre Edelyne ou Edelinne. Paris. Born in 1727. App. 1747-54. Married in 1754. Rue de Harlay, 1765-67. Belonged to the
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
