French gold and enamel one-handed miniature watch Circa 1620
- Kenmerk
- PD0079
- Diameter
- 38 mm
- Estimate
- € 30.000 - 60.000
- Price sold
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Gold and enamel one-handed verge watch attributed to the school of Blois
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A fine, rare French gold and enamel hunting-cased pre-balance spring one-handed miniature verge pendant watch, circa 1620. Fire gilt full plate movement, key-wound, gut/fusee, baluster shaped pillars, applied blued iron click work, ring balance without balance spring, very finely florally engraved and pierced balance cock. Gold dial, white enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals, florally engraved border, the centre with polychrome painted enamel blooming lilies on a turquoise enamelled background and blued tulip hand. Case turquoise is enamelled with polychrome painted enamel blooming lilies, turquoise blue with floral en grisaille paintings to the inside, and a ball-shaped pendant.
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A fine, rare French gold and enamel hunting-cased pre-balance spring one-handed miniature verge pendant watch, circa 1620. Fire gilt full plate movement, key-wound, gut/fusee, baluster shaped pillars, applied blued iron click work, ring balance without balance spring, very finely florally engraved and pierced balance cock. Gold dial, white enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals, florally engraved border, the centre with polychrome painted enamel blooming lilies on a turquoise enamelled background and blued tulip hand. Case turquoise is enamelled with polychrome painted enamel blooming lilies, turquoise blue with floral en grisaille paintings to the inside, and a ball-shaped pendant.
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Diameter: 38 mm
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Weight: 48 g
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Signed: No name
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The School of Blois. In its time, Blois was a stronghold of enamel painting and an important centre of watchmaking. Blois’s reputation began during King Francis I’s reign, 1515-1547. The unique beauty of the painted enamel cases created at the school of Blois rivalled those coming from the school of Geneva. The pieces were highly valued at the time and cherished as masterpieces of art in the centuries that followed.
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A grisaille (en grisaille), or grey painting, is a painting in which one does not apply natural colours but restricts oneself to depicting things in all possible shades of the same colour, usually grey or brown.
Weight: 48 g
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Signed: No name
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The School of Blois. In its time, Blois was a stronghold of enamel painting and an important centre of watchmaking. Blois’s reputation began during King Francis I’s reign, 1515-1547. The unique beauty of the painted enamel cases created at the school of Blois rivalled those coming from the school of Geneva. The pieces were highly valued at the time and cherished as masterpieces of art in the centuries that followed.
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A grisaille (en grisaille), or grey painting, is a painting in which one does not apply natural colours but restricts oneself to depicting things in all possible shades of the same colour, usually grey or brown.
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