138,000 HKD
“View of Yverdon” Geneva, enamel attributed to Jean-Louis Richter. Made for the Spanish market, circa 1800. Fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel, large pearl-set pocket watch. Two-body, “Directoire”, pearl set bezels, enameled pendant and bow, theback with a fine painted on enamel lake and mountainscene with a dark blue guilloché enamel sky. White enamel with Arabicnumerals, outer minute indexes and Arabic quarter hournumerals. Gold Breguet hands. 44 mm, frosted gilt, full plate,cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brassbalance, blued steel flat balance spring, continental type balance cock,silvered regulation dial.Diam. 57 mm. Notes Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841). Learned his art under David-Etienne-Roux and Philippe-Samuel-Théodore Roux. His work, often unsigned, is clearly recognizable. Richter applied his art principally to watch cases and snuff boxes largely destined for the Chinese, Turkish, British and Italian markets. The present watch was previously sold in the Lord Sandberg sale, April 1, 2001, lot 267. and is published in the Sandberg book, page 346-347.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
