2,750 CHF
CORUM EROTIC STERLING SILVER DESK CLOCK `LA SUCETTE` Corum, The Hours of Love, Collectors Series, No. 110 / 500. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in the late 1990's. Fine and unusual, ball-shaped, sterling silver and paste-set desk clock with erotic automaton. Accompanied by the original Corum box. Two-body, sterling silver, bezel set with alternating white and blue pastes, thick round glass back with flat section to form a base, ball-shaped winding crown and bow, thick domed crystal. Multi-colored lacquered love scene of a publican in the cellar and a lady resting on a barrel, silver Arabic numerals on circular white reserves. Blued steel poire hands with pierced tips. Cal. 40 mm. rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement signed. Notes DIAM. 73 mm. To be sold without reserve
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
