Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 233
Martinot à Paris, circa 1700. Fine silver overlaid gilt brass Louis XIV Oignon with enamel cock.
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Double body, "oignon", decorated with engraved roundels. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, plain brass three-arm balance, early short flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XIV cock set with a fine enamel panel painted with the portrait of a lady holding a fan, on a black ground, in the manner of the Huaud workshop. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
