aulet

aulet, Paris, No. 1264, circa 1830.Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel burr elm musical box fitted with a watch and date indication. Two-body, gold shell covered with burr elm, edges with tortoiseshell, a large gold oval spring-loaded panel covering the watch, decorated with blue and gold champlevé enamel with a Ducal coat of arms in the centre, the musical movement mounted inside the box. Silver, oval, engine-turned and whitened, eccentric Roman chapter ring on the right with outer minute divisions, on the left 31-day indication with Arabic numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 45.6 mm o, circular, gilt brass Lépinealibre, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain gilt three-arm balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. The entire mechanism is mounted into an oval silver protective case and secured by four screws. The watch snaps into a silver frame mounted into the elm cover and can be removed for winding or setting by means of a gold push piece mounted inside the gold shell. The musical movement with a pinned cylinder playing on a 57-tooth sectional comb, worm and fly regulator, two tunes, changedby a lever in the front right corner.Signed on the dial.Dim. 93 x 66 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 472-473. Notes Sauletis listed by Tardy as having been active in Paris, established in 1820 at Gallerie de Pierre, in 1840 at Gallerie de Valois, and in 1850, rue Richelieu.