46,000 CHF
A Son Excellence le Général Baron Koller, Intendant Général de l'Armée Autrichienne à Naples. Watch No. 3915, constructed between 1821 and 1823, sold on 20 December 1824, for the sum of 1500 Francs, and collected by Monsieur Rothschild de Naples. Gold watch with quarter-repeating. Notes History: The fabrication, sales and repair books record that this watch was bought by Monsieur Rothschild de Naples on 20 December 1824, but the certificate issued on the same day was made in the name of Baron Koller. It therefore a )pears that Monsieur de Rothschild was in act an intermediary on behalf of the Baron. The watch was overhauled on 3 March 1873 at the request of a Madame Zierer, 12 rue Auber, Paris. Literature: Illustrated and described in G. Daniels, The Art of Breguet, p. 262, fig. 307 a-b. FRANZ, BARON von KOLLER General in the Austrian Army, born in 1767 in Bohemia, he attended secondary school in Prague, before entering the army at the age of 18 as a cadet in the 18th Infantry Regiment. After 6 years, he was appointed standard-bearer and accompanied his regiment to Holland, where it took part in the suppression of the rebellion of Liège. In 1792, he joined the Army corps of Clairfayt, marching into Champagne with the Prussians. In the following year, he came under the command of the Prince of Coburg, who was pleased to reward his fine performance at the crossing of the Roer by sending him with the news of the victory to Vienna; the Emperor raised him to the rank of l
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1991-04-14
