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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 585

Francois Nicole, Geneva, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set harp with music.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 34,385

C. Finely painted musical trophies on the back of the enamelled main sound chest, blue flinque enamelled side panels with white enamel border and centred with finely chased quivers within navettes frames, engraved and enamel main post, capped by pearl set decoration, with wire-wound gold strings and diamond set end caps. Musical movement: Gilt brass, concealed in the sound chest, playing at will with pin barrel and seven stacked steel tuned teeth. Signature scratched inside the case. Dim. 74 x 44 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: *4-5

Fair

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Poor

Notes

In the period this harp was made, Francois 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 blade could also have been made by Henry Capt.