3,360 CHF
Cybele Fortin a Paris. Made circa 1710. Fine and rare, Louis XIV, silver oignon watch with two hands, silver pillars and backplate furniture. Two-body, “oignon”, the back chased and engraved with a scene of Cybele in a chariot drawn by lions, foliate, swag and trophy border and bezel, square hinge, loose ring pendant. Gilt, white enamel cartouches with radial black painted Roman numerals, inner white enamel quarter-hour ring, the center engraved with birds and foliage, outer minute track with white enamel Arabic minute cartouches, winding aperture at 3 o’clock. Blued steel beetle and poker hands. 47 mm, frosted gilt full plate, divided silver Egyptian pillars with fancy capitals, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, short balance spring, pierced and chased silver cock decorated with inhabited foliage and strapwork, Tompion-type regulator with silver scale disc, silver signature scrolls to each side. Movement signed. Diam. 59 mm. Notes Cybele the Earth Mother, is a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, and wild animals, particularly lions. Literature: La Montre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1991, pp. 56 & 57, fig 119-121.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
