448,400 HKD
“The Order of The Elephant” Attributed to James Cox, English. Made for a member of the Danish Order of the Elephant, circa 1760. Very fine and extremely rare, small, quarter-repeating, 20K gold, rose-cut diamond, ruby, emerald and amethyst-set pair-cased pocket watch. Outer: two-body, rococo, pierced, chased and engraved with scrolls, foliage and rocaille, the bezel set with alternate rubies and emeralds, the back decorated with the Order of the Elephant in rose-cut diamonds, rubies, emeralds and amethysts, rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece. Inner: two-body, “bassine”, polished bezel, the body with pierced, chased and engraved foliate band. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five minute numerals. Blued steel “beetle & poker” hands. 25 mm., gilt brass, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved English balance cock and backplate furniture, diamond endstone, silver regulator dial, repeating on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Diam. 40 mm. Property of an English Collector Notes This watch was made in London and is probably the early work of James Cox dating from late in the reign of George II or early George III. It would have been an exceptionally expensive piece to make and buy and was quite possibly a special order for King Frederick V of Denmark (reigned 1746- 1766) who was noted as a keen supporter of foreign trade
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25
