50,000 CHF
James Cox - Affairs of the Heart Watch With Two Concealed Erotic Scenes James Cox, London, No. 402. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1780. Very fine and rare, gilt metal form-watch in shape of a heart with two concealed painted on enamel erotic scenes and visible balance. Three-body, "Consular", heart-shaped, hinged back with painted on enamel riverside landscape, the inside of the back with a scene in which a gentleman considers his options in the preliminaries to the art of love while a servant secretly looks on, on the inside dome, another painting of the couple as the scene continues, the counter-enamel with a bouquet of forget-me-nots. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minute track on the top left, on the right slow/fast regulator dial, at the bottom aperture for the balance oscillating against a polished plate, all set into a blue enameled mask painted with gold scrolls. Blued-steel hands. Heart-shaped, 33 x 34 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain polished steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, three-arm cock. Movement signed. Dim. 52 x 42 mm. Property of an Swiss collector Notes Provenance : Lord Sandberg, his sale, Antiquorum, Geneva, March 31- April 1, 2001, lot 115. Literature : The Sandberg Collection, p. 238-239. Illustrated and described in "Les Heures de l'Amour" by Roland Carrera, Editions Scriptar/Antiquorum, Geneva, 1993, p. 37. James Cox (circa 1723 - 1800) Born Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
