20,000 CHF
Feeding The Ducks Geneva, No. 1333, case No. 2221. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set pocket watch. Notes The present watch is illustrated in the book of the watch collection of Lord Sandberg, pages 328-329 and was previously sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, on April 1, 2001, lot 371. This watch is also illustrated in the article "The Influence of Art on Watch Case Design" by Richard Chadwick in the Antiquorum Vox Magazine, Summer 2006, p. 122. A strong tradition of charming rustic scenes painted on enamel was established in Geneva during the first quarter of the 19th century. The export of watches to China and the east required not only mechanical ingenuity but superb decorative appeal. What particularly appealed to these markets were images of children involved in charming rural pursuits. Artists in England such as George Moreland and Francis Wheatley painted scenes of idealized rural English life and were copied via engravings by the Geneva enamel painters.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-11-13
