The Art of Horology in Geneva
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999
LOT 79
François Nicole, Geneva, circa 1810.Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set harp with music.
CHF 15,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
C. Finely painted musical trophies on the back of the enamelled main sound chest, blue flinqué enamelled side panels with white enamel border and centred with finely chased quivers within navette frames, engraved and enamel main post, capped by pearl set decoration, with wire-wound gold strings and diamond set end caps. M. Gilt brass, concealed in the sound chest, playing at will with pinned barrel and seven stacked steel tuned teeth.Signature scratched inside the case.Dim. 74 x 44 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 4 |
Fair |
Movement: * 4 |
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Dial: 4 |
Fair |
Notes
In the period this harp was made, François Nicole, Henry Capt and Piguet & Meylan were producing such types of musical objects of vertu in Geneva. This musical movement with pin-barrel and stacked steel tuned teeth could also have been made by Henry Capt.