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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 455

Roman Charity Daniel Poeterik, Dordregk, circa 1730, enamel signed Les freres Huaut, circa 1685, made for the Dutch market. Very fine and rare painted enamel on copper, gilt metal and gold pair-cased watch.

C. Outer: two-body, protective with glazed back, bezels chased and engraved with stylized foliage, inner: two-body, ?bassine? with deep back and inward edges, back finely painted on enamel depicting Roman Charity, band with four vignettes depicting rural scenes, inside painted in a camaieu of ocher, with a grisaille traveler in an Alpine landscape. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 3 o?clock. Diamond-set hands. M. 38 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, Dutch-style elaborate cock with large pierced and engraved feet, matching plaque over Tompion-type regulator. Signed on the movement, case signed by the painter. Diam. 52 mm.