Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 22

Ecole d'AmourAttributable to Jean Mussard V, movement signed Quaré, London, circa 1720.Very fine and rare gilt metal and enameled copper single-hand "oignon" watch wound through the center.

C. Two-body, "bassine", the back in copper entirely painted in enamel with a scene of 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 radial Roman chapters and quarter-hour divisions, center with a mask and floral decoration. Bluedsteel single "tulip" hand. M. 41.2 mm. ø (18 1/4'''), 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.