Swiss gold, enamel and pearl automaton watch Circa 1810
- Kenmerk
- SA2837
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 30.000 - 60.000
- Price sold
- € 45.550
Fine and rare gold, enamel and pearl automaton watch
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A fine and rare Swiss gold, enamel and pearl automaton watch circa 1810, Cupid’s Forge, gilt cylinder movement, two trains, three-arm brass balance wheel, the five-motion automaton consisting of three vari coloured Cupids in the foreground, one on a grinder, one on an anvil, and another on an oven with a rotative depiction of fire, all within a polychrome painted enamel scene of Cupid’s Forge of Love with a pair of lovebirds to the foreground, all on a polychrome painted enamel lakeside landscape, white enamel dial, gold case with translucent blue enamel over engine turning, pearl set bezels, gilt metal cuvette signed Ilbery London to the interior.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: llbery London
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This watch bears the signature of Ilbery to the cuvette, however, it was likely created by another workshop and subsequently retailed by Ilbery. A similar example of the automaton of the Cupid’s Forge theme is illustrated in Watches & Automata, The Maurice Sandoz Collection, plate I.20, page 126.
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A fine and rare Swiss gold, enamel and pearl automaton watch circa 1810, Cupid’s Forge, gilt cylinder movement, two trains, three-arm brass balance wheel, the five-motion automaton consisting of three vari coloured Cupids in the foreground, one on a grinder, one on an anvil, and another on an oven with a rotative depiction of fire, all within a polychrome painted enamel scene of Cupid’s Forge of Love with a pair of lovebirds to the foreground, all on a polychrome painted enamel lakeside landscape, white enamel dial, gold case with translucent blue enamel over engine turning, pearl set bezels, gilt metal cuvette signed Ilbery London to the interior.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: llbery London
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This watch bears the signature of Ilbery to the cuvette, however, it was likely created by another workshop and subsequently retailed by Ilbery. A similar example of the automaton of the Cupid’s Forge theme is illustrated in Watches & Automata, The Maurice Sandoz Collection, plate I.20, page 126.
Signed: llbery London
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