Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 268

Mother and Daughter Godemars (Geneva), enamel from the workshop of J-L. Richter, made for the Chinese market circa 1800. Very fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set pendant watch.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,300 / USD 6,000 - 7,800

Sold: CHF 11,500

C. Four-body, "Empire", by "GC", No. 7483, the back painted on enamel depicting a mother with her daughter who is holding grapes, in the manner of Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842), reeded band, half-pearl set bezels.D. 18K gold, guilloché in the center with two crossed rifles radial Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands.M. 38 mm (17???), frosted gilt, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 47 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3 - 28*
Dial: 3 - 40 - 04

Notes

The same scene, probably executed by the same artist, is found on the famous pair of amphoras, one of which is in the Patek Philippe Museum. The other, in a private collection, was sold by Antiquorum on April 13, 2002, lot 607, for 4,018,500 Swiss francs, a record price for an object de vertu.