Musical quarter repeater with erotic automaton Circa 1815
- Kenmerk
- SA1006
- Diameter
- 60 mm
- Estimate
- € 15.000 - 25.000
- Price sold
- € 20.000
Gold and enamel quarter repeating musical automaton watch
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A rare Swiss gold and enamel quarter repeating musical automaton watch with concealed erotic automaton with associated case, circa 1815, cylinder movement, the front applied with two vari coloured gold musicians, automated to play a mandolin and a lyre, while a pair of lovebirds perform at their side, one appears at intervals within an arbor of flowers, all against a finely polychrome enamelled love garden scene, eccentric engine-turned gold dial.
The erotic automaton concealed beneath the back lid, depicting a nun a monk below a painting of the Madonna and Child, the background finely painted with the interior of a church including two further painted erotic scenes.
The music and automaton scenes are activated by a button at 4 o’clock in the band, quarter repeat activated through the pendant, unsigned, later front and back lids, pendant and bow.
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Diameter: 60 mm
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A rare Swiss gold and enamel quarter repeating musical automaton watch with concealed erotic automaton with associated case, circa 1815, cylinder movement, the front applied with two vari coloured gold musicians, automated to play a mandolin and a lyre, while a pair of lovebirds perform at their side, one appears at intervals within an arbor of flowers, all against a finely polychrome enamelled love garden scene, eccentric engine-turned gold dial.
The erotic automaton concealed beneath the back lid, depicting a nun a monk below a painting of the Madonna and Child, the background finely painted with the interior of a church including two further painted erotic scenes.
The music and automaton scenes are activated by a button at 4 o’clock in the band, quarter repeat activated through the pendant, unsigned, later front and back lids, pendant and bow.
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Diameter: 60 mm
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Signed: No Name
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Enamel with losses to both scenes.
Signed: No Name
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Enamel with losses to both scenes.
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