48,300 CHF
A Lord Saint Asaph Watch No. 4051, sold on 27 June 1828, for the sum of 1640 Francs. Gold and silver hunting-cased "simple" watch with " à tact" hand. Notes Provenance: Formerly in the Sir David Salomons Collection, No. 24. Sold at Christie's, London, as lot 28, catalogue part Il, on 1 June 1965. Exhibition: This watch was exhibited in Paris at the Palais Galliéra, in October 1923, on the centenary of the death of Abraham-Louis Breguet, Cat. No. 188. Literature: Illustrated and described in G. Daniels, The Art of Breguet, p. 266, fig. 318 a-c. BERTRAM ASHBURNHAM 4th Earl of Ashburnham Viscount St. Asaph (1797 - 1878) Born on 23 November 1797, third son of George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, and Lady Sonia Thynne, daughter of the Marquess of Bath. He married Katherine, daughter of George Baillie and sister of George, 10th Earl of Haddington. Their son, Bertram succeeded to the title on his father's death in 1878. The Ashburnham family (originally written as Esseburnham) derives its name from the river Ashburn in Sussex, England. Notably one of the oldest families in England and described by Fuller in his 'Worthies' ".. as a family of stupendous antiquity.." and Francis Thynn, in his catalogue of the ' Cinque Ports, and Constables of Dover Castle', mentions a certain "Bertram Ashburnham, a Baron of Kent, was Constable of Dover Castle, A.D. 1066; which Bertram was beheaded by William the Conqueror, because he did so valiantly defend the same against the Duke of N
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1991-04-14
