Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 237
Unsigned - Brooch; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 15,000 - 18,000
USD 1,950 - 2,400 / EUR 1,800 - 2,200 / CHF 1,950 - 2,400
18K yellow gold and enamel, horizontal rectangular-shaped, brooch; frame with four chiselled and engraved gold applied leaves. Polychrome painting on enamel on gold by an unknown painter, probably Geneva, showing the Staubbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen valley.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Brand Unsigned, Geneva
Year circa 1860-1870
Case No. unnumbered
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Height 32.2 mm. (with the gold frame)
Width 60.4 mm. (with the gold frame)
Signature counter-enamel titled “Staubach”
Notes
StaubbachFalls
With a fall height of almost 300 metres, the Staubbach Falls (also Staubbachfall or Staubbachfälle in German) in the Lauterbrunnen valley is one of the highest free-falling waterfalls in Europe and the third highest in Switzerland. In summer, warm winds swirl the drops of water that scatter in all directions. These dust-like sprays of fine droplets have given the torrent and the waterfall its name.
It is said to have inspired Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) to write his poem “Gesang der Geister über den Wassern” (Spirit Song Over the Waters).