8,050 CHF
Roman Charity. Gaudron A Paris, circa 1700, enamel attributed to Jean André I. Very fine silver and painted on enamel single-hand oignon watch. Two-body, oignon type, polished, pronounced square hinge, back having a finely painted on enamel scene depicting “Roman Charity”, the inside painted with a castle in the foreground and mountains in the background. White enamel with bold blue radial Roman numerals on raised cartouches, inner half-hour markers, painted rosette in the center. Steel “arrow” hand. 47 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain with gilt and engraved brass safety plate, verge escapement, 3-arm steel balance with flat balance spring, large cock, pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, wound through the center of the movement.Signed on the movement.Diam. 59 mm. Notes Roman Charity.Cimon, an old man who was imprisoned in Rome, had not been given food for a long time. His daughter Pero, heart-broken upon seeing her father so ill-treated, offered him her breast for nourishment. Pierre Gaudron (d.1745)Recorded as having worked in the Faubourg St Germain in 1695. He became a watchmaker to the regent, the Duke of Orleans. Thiout in his famous book on watchmaking, describes Gaudron's inventions. Jean I André (1646 - 1717) A goldsmith and painter on enamel, he was apprenticed in 1661 to Pierre Huaud I, François Légaré and Pierre Royaume, who were associates. He became Master in 1675 and specialized in the decoration of watch cases.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
