Rare oignon with French royal crest on the bow Circa 1695
- Kenmerk
- SB0088
- Diameter
- 56 mm
- Estimate
- € 12.000 - 20.000
- Price sold
- € 13.500
Very fine and rare gold oignon watch by Thuret
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A very fine and rare gold oignon pocket watch with French royal crest on the bow, circa 1695. Gilt full plate movement, verge escapement, plain four-arm balance, large pierced and engraved balance bridge. Gilt dial, white enamel medallions with Roman numerals, outer enamel track calibrated for minutes and inner enamel track for quarter hour divisions. Case chased and engraved with scroll design with birds and torches, large elongated bow with engraved crest of Louis XIV applied to the centre. Movement signed.
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A very fine and rare gold oignon pocket watch with French royal crest on the bow, circa 1695. Gilt full plate movement, verge escapement, plain four-arm balance, large pierced and engraved balance bridge. Gilt dial, white enamel medallions with Roman numerals, outer enamel track calibrated for minutes and inner enamel track for quarter hour divisions. Case chased and engraved with scroll design with birds and torches, large elongated bow with engraved crest of Louis XIV applied to the centre. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Thuret Paris
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Isaac Thuret (1669 – 1700) was the clockmaker to Louis XIV. Examples of his watches can be found in the Louvre and the Mathematische Physikalische Salon, Dresden. According to research the crest on this watch probably belonged to Philippe d’Orléans (1674 – 1723). He was a member of the French Royal family and served as Régent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. In 1692, Philippe married his first cousin, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of his uncle Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. He was named Régent of France for Louis XV until the King attained his majority in February 1723. The era of his ‘de facto rule’ is known as the Regency (1715–1723) a very prolific period for the arts especially in decorative arts and interior design. This watch, highly rare in gold is a rare testimony of this period.
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Literature: Baillie, G.H., Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 1, 1998, p.313. Shennan, J. H., Phillippe, Duke of Orléans: Regent of France, Thames and Hudson, 1979
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Signed: Thuret Paris
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Isaac Thuret (1669 – 1700) was the clockmaker to Louis XIV. Examples of his watches can be found in the Louvre and the Mathematische Physikalische Salon, Dresden. According to research the crest on this watch probably belonged to Philippe d’Orléans (1674 – 1723). He was a member of the French Royal family and served as Régent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. In 1692, Philippe married his first cousin, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of his uncle Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. He was named Régent of France for Louis XV until the King attained his majority in February 1723. The era of his ‘de facto rule’ is known as the Regency (1715–1723) a very prolific period for the arts especially in decorative arts and interior design. This watch, highly rare in gold is a rare testimony of this period.
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Literature: Baillie, G.H., Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 1, 1998, p.313. Shennan, J. H., Phillippe, Duke of Orléans: Regent of France, Thames and Hudson, 1979
Signed: Thuret Paris
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