The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 17

Ecole d'AmourAttributable to Jean Mussard V, movement signed Quaré, London, circa 1720.Very fine and rare gilt metal and enamelled copper single-hand 'oignon' watch wound through the centre, made for the Dutch market.

C. Two-body, 'bassine', the back in copper entirely painted in enamel, with a scene of the winged Cupid learning about love from his mother Venus, as the words in the open book she is holding suggest - 'Ecole d'amour pour se faire aimer' -, the band painted with four landscapes after Gabriel Perelle alternating with acanthus foliage, inside the back an en grisaille view of a castle. D. Silver gilt, champlevé with Roman chapters and quarter-hour divisions, centre with a mask and floral decorationBlued-steel single 'tulip' hand. M. 41.2 mm o, hinged gilt brass full plate, Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel false pendulum balance with flat spring, Dutch-type single-foot cock engraved with scrolls and a shell at the base, with window for the false pendulum.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 48 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 132-133.