31,050 CHF
The Snake CharmerFontac, London, No. 404, circa 1790.Fine and very rare gilt metal and enamel watch with concealed enamelled erotic scene and additional 24-hour Chinese chapter ring, made for the Chinese market. White enamel with Roman chapters and Chinese 24-hour characters, outer minute dot divisions. Gold half-moon hands, blued-steel 24 hour hand. 46.3 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate with cylindricapillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance, single-footed gilt cock pierced and engraved in asymmetrical scrollings.Signed on the movement.Diam. 63 mm o. Published in the Sandberg book, page 266-267. Notes The watch is described and illustrated in Hours of Love by Roland Carrera, Scriptar-Antiquorum Editions, 1993,pp. 82-83.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31