French silver heart shaped pre hairspring verge Circa 1630
- Kenmerk
- SB0074
- Diameter
- 33 mm
- Estimate
- € 10.000 - 20.000
- Price sold
- € 11.400
Rare silver heart shaped verge by H. Ester
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A rare French heart shaped pre hairspring verge pocket watch in later silver case, circa 1630. Gilt full plate heart shaped movement, finely pierced and engraved balance clock with floral motif, flat steel two-arm balance, screwed on pierced florally decorated ratchet set-up. Gilt engraved dial with rural landscape to the centre, silver chapter ring and Roman numerals. In a later silver heart shaped case. Movement signed.
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A rare French heart shaped pre hairspring verge pocket watch in later silver case, circa 1630. Gilt full plate heart shaped movement, finely pierced and engraved balance clock with floral motif, flat steel two-arm balance, screwed on pierced florally decorated ratchet set-up. Gilt engraved dial with rural landscape to the centre, silver chapter ring and Roman numerals. In a later silver heart shaped case. Movement signed.
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Length: 32.5 mm
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Signed: H. Ester
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Ester is listed as working probably in France around 1630. Other examples by this maker can be found in the British Museum, the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna and the Victorian & Albert Museum.
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Literature: Baillie, G.H., Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Volume 1 (1998), p102.
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Signed: H. Ester
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Ester is listed as working probably in France around 1630. Other examples by this maker can be found in the British Museum, the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna and the Victorian & Albert Museum.
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Literature: Baillie, G.H., Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Volume 1 (1998), p102.
Signed: H. Ester
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