English repoussé striking and repeating coach watch Circa 1750
- Kenmerk
- SB0089
- Diameter
- 120 mm
- Estimate
- € 10.000 - 16.000
- Price sold
- € 11.400
Unusual large gilt metal coach watch by Delaberi
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An unusual large English gilt metal repoussé striking and repeating coach watch with alarm and date, circa 1750. Gilt full plate movement, verge escapement with fancy silver appliqué on the pillars, pierced and engraved balance cock. Silver champlevé dial, Roman numerals, inner rotating alarm dial, aperture for date at III. Two-part case in Louis XV style, large bell fastened inside the back, scroll pierced decoration to the band, repoussé scene depictingthe death of John of Nepomuk (Bohemia). Movement signed.
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Diameter: 120 mm
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An unusual large English gilt metal repoussé striking and repeating coach watch with alarm and date, circa 1750. Gilt full plate movement, verge escapement with fancy silver appliqué on the pillars, pierced and engraved balance cock. Silver champlevé dial, Roman numerals, inner rotating alarm dial, aperture for date at III. Two-part case in Louis XV style, large bell fastened inside the back, scroll pierced decoration to the band, repoussé scene depictingthe death of John of Nepomuk (Bohemia). Movement signed.
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Diameter: 120 mm
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Signed: Delaberi, London
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The repoussé scene depicts the death of John of Nepomuk (Bohemia) (1345 – 1393), national saint of the Czech Republic. In 1393 John supported the pope in Rome in opposition to Venceslaus, the King of the Romans and Bohemia, who was in support of the Avignon papacy. The angry King ordered John to be tortured and thrown into the river Vltrava from the Charles bridge in Prague. The image on the right is taken from a monument in Prague depicting the legendary Bohemian scene of Nepomuk.
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The repoussé scene depicts the death of John of Nepomuk (Bohemia) (1345 – 1393), national saint of the Czech Republic. In 1393 John supported the pope in Rome in opposition to Venceslaus, the King of the Romans and Bohemia, who was in support of the Avignon papacy. The angry King ordered John to be tortured and thrown into the river Vltrava from the Charles bridge in Prague. The image on the right is taken from a monument in Prague depicting the legendary Bohemian scene of Nepomuk.
Signed: Delaberi, London
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