9,775 CHF
The Judgement of ParisJ. George Viollier, Geneva, circa 1700.Very fine silver pair-cased single-hand alarm watch with day of the month indication. Silver, champlevé with Roman chapters, diamond-shaped half-hour divisions, concentric rotating silver alarm ring with Arabic numerals and blued-steel pointer indicating the hours, outer date rinwith a revolving gilt pointer mounted on a gilded ring between the hour chapter and date scale. Blued-steel alarm hand. 40.6 mm o, hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate crested tulip pillars, two-train, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, single-footed gilded cock with streamers at the neck, pierced and engraved with asymmetrical foliage, alarm with fixed barrel pierced and engraved with foliage, four-wheel steel train, striking on bell.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 57 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 120-121. Notes Viollier (The family)a well-known Genevese watchmaking family, the first members found in the Geneva archives are Jacques and Jean-Pierre, maitre horlogers during the mid 17th century.Bibliography: 'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.The Judgement of Paris.One of the most frequently depicted mythological subjects, it has its origin in the wedding feast of Thetis and Peleus. All the gods were invited to the feast, except Eris. Furious at being excluded, Eris came anyway, and tossed an apple to the guests, saying that it was
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
