54,913 CHF
Ilbery, London, No. 6059, enamel by Dupont, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1815.Fine 18K gold and enamel, centre-seconds watch with special escapement. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champlevé enamelled decoration, the back with a fine painted scene by Dupont, depicting a young couple and a boy, playing with a dove (restored). Hinged gold cuvette engraved with a floral decoration. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold “spatula” hands. 21’’’, gilt brass, Chinese calibre, fully engraved with a floral decoration, free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, plain five-arm polished steel balance, flat balancespring and diamond end-stone.Signed on the movement.Diam. 57 mm. Notes Jean-Francois-Victor Dupont (1785-1863)Probably the finest painter on enamel of his age working in Geneva. His work included portraits of distinguished figures (King George IV, Henry VI etc.), as well as boxes and particularly watches destined for the Chinese Market. For the latter he cooperated frequently with Ilbery as well as Piguet& Meylan. A particular feature of his work was his ability to paint a group of figures posed in the same plane without giving an impression of overcrowding. His distinctive palette may well derive from the fact that he mixed his own colours.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
