Geneva, Nov 09, 2025
LOT 443
ATTRIBUTED TO PIGUET & CAPT., SWITZERLAND, ''HARMONY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE'', THE LYRE MUSICAL & AUTOMATON PENDANT PEARL-SET LYRE-SHAPED, 18K YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL
CHF 40,000 - 80,000
HKD 390,000 - 780,000 / USD 50,000 - 100,000 / EUR 43,000 - 86,000 / JPY 7,590,000 - 15,180,000
Sold: CHF 50,000
A very fine and very rare, 18k gold, manual wind musical, painted on enamel and pearl-set lyre-form pendant with automaton with two animations. One side of the sound-board decorated with a vase of gold and white flowers against a blue background, the winding aperture in one of the petals, the horns in a floral and foliate pattern against matching blue enamel, suspended from a double gold chain. Automaton: the figures in multicolored gold over polychrome enamel with a rural landscape and ruins in the background; a seated lady plays the hurdy-gurdy, a boy behind her taps his foot, a man dances to the music.
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Case: 2-24 |
Very good Slightly chipped |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Brand Attributed to Piguet & Capt., Switzerland
Model ''Harmony in the Countryside''
Year Circa 1810
Length 64
Caliber 25 mm. , circular, barillet type, six-wheel train with the last pinion in eccentric bushing to regulate the tempo, five tuned teeth, the dancer driven by pins mounted on the flat part of the barrel, the boy's leg by the same, the hurdy-gurdy motion from an extra pinion driven from the barrel but not connected to the train.
Width 33