128,500 CHF
EXCEPTIONAL CHINESE MARKET BELT BUCKLE WATCH & MATCHING SHOE BUCKLES English. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1790. Very fine and exceptionally rare, gilt brass, silver, enamel and paste-set belt buckle fitted with a watch. Accompanied by the original pair of matching shoe buckles set with hair and cut-work three-dimensional flower panels. Oval, centered with the watch, translucent royal blue enamel panel on each side set with 3 colorless pastes, further entirely set with colorless and ruby-colored pastes in silver mounts, polished gilt bezel and back, two gilt loops for the belt. The shoe buckles: each matching the belt buckle and set with a central very fi nely made three-dimensional fl ower spray made from cut fabric, gold wire and hair, royal blue guilloche enamel background, domed glass covers. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fi ve-minute star indexes. Pierced gold hands. 36 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance with fl at balance spring, fi nely pierced and engraved single-footed cock, silver regulation dial. Dim. The buckle: 92 x 65 mm. The shoe buckles: 59 x 69 mm. Notes It is almost unknown for the original shoe buckles to remain with a belt buckle watch as a full set – an extraordinary survival from the 18th century. The condition of the present set is also exceptional. The extremely high quality of the workmanship is worth examining, the central fl
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-03-11
