157,500 CHF
The Dutch Kitchen. Painting on enamel attributed to Jean-Louis Richter, movement attributed to Pierre Simon Gounouilhou, Geneva, circa 1810. Exceptional and very rare 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set double-face watch with an automaton scene with eight animations. Double-body, “Empire”, back very finely painted on enamel with a harbor scene in the manner of Joseph Vernet; three sailing ships, men fishing from a boat with a net, another one fishing with a fishing rod from the shore, a castle at the shore, mountains in the background, champlevé enamel border, split pearl-set bezel. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel “ogival” hands. Automaton: Magnificent varicolored gold automaton scene applied over a painted enamel ground depicting an animated lady by a kitchen stove maintaining an animated fire upon which a chicken is being roasted, a small child sitting opposite, above, a barking dog running in a rotating cage turns the spit, at the right water is running from a fountain, below a dog is playing with a cat. 51 mm, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, automaton driven by an independent movement from a fxed barrel and five-wheel train, eccentrically mounted and adjustable pinion as the governor, driving the automata by means of cams and levers.Punched twice with the serial number on the movement.Diam. 60 mm. Notes "The Kitchen" is one of
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
