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Cherub Carousel. Chevalier et Cochet, Geneva, N°540, circa 1800, made for the Spanish market. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel double-face automaton watch.
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°44 - 11 octobre 2003 - Lot N°118
Cherub Carousel. Chevalier et Cochet, Geneva, N°540, circa 1800, made for the Spanish market. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel double-face automaton watch.Enchère
Vente aux enchères
Antiquorum N°44
11 octobre 2003
Lot N°118
Cherub Carousel. Chevalier et Cochet, Geneva, N°540, circa 1800, made for the Spanish market. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel double-face automaton watch.
- EUR11 700 - 16 000
- CHF18 000 - 25 000
- CHF 39 100
C. Two-body, “Directoire”, glazed on both sides, polished. D. White enamel, eccentric chapter with Arabic numerals and outer minute divisions set in the lower part, the top with regulator, winding aperture at 4 o'clock. Automaton: Set on the back, within an aperture of very fine gold plate decorated in champlevé with flower vases, gold trees, courting doves, and Cupid's attributes on a translucent imperial blue and azure enamel ground, a charming cavalcade of gold cherubs appearing in the aperture, one riding in a chariot, another on a goat, two walking with a ribbon, the whole against a painted on ivory landscape. M. 47. 4 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement heavy brass balance with flat balance spring, double-footed solid cock. Signed on the dial, numbered on the movement. Diam. 57 mm.
