88,255 CHF
Dites le avec des fleurs" Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set, quarter repeating centre seconds musical watch with automaton scene. Three body, Empire with split-pearl set bezels, pendant and bow, the band with champlevc enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel painted with a very fine composition of Summer flowers over a grey ground. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minute and seconds ring. Gold Breguet hands. Disclosed by the spring-loaded back, the varicoloured gold automaton scene of a sitting man, playing the lyre and a seating lady in classical dresses, playing mandolin applied over a finely painted enamel park, a large fountain on the left. Notes Many artists used flowers in their pieces as well: roses to represent passion with thorns; pansies from the French pcnsees, which means my thoughts are of you; forget-me-nots embody enduring passion; daisies stand for innocence; lilacs express the first emotions of love; and mistletoe is a kiss. Just as flowers are the inspiration of love, so too is music. Goldsmiths and jewelers of the 19th century created a variety of miniature instruments for gold and gem-set pendants, lockets, brooches and watches in such forms as the lyre, mandolin and harp. Although it is smaller than usual and signed with the apocryphal signature of Breguet, this watch is very similar to the watch retailed by Fd. Aubert, sold by Antiquorum on 13 October 1996, lot No. 620, which was also produced in the Miguet & Meylan w Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-11-16
