English gold cylinder made for the Chinese market Circa 1806
- Kenmerk
- DT0128
- Diameter
- 59 mm
- Estimate
- € 12.000 - 25.000
- Price sold
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Gold, enamel and pearl set cylinder watch
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An English 18 Carat gold, enamel and pearl set open faced center seconds cylinder pocket watch, Bouquet of Summer Flowers, made for the Chinese market, circa 1806.
Full plate movement, chain and fusee, cylinder escapement, three arm steel balance.
White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter hours, center seconds. The case back with fine polychrome enamel showing a beautiful flower arrangement with roses, violets, forget me nots and other summer flowers on a black ground, the bezels on both sides, as well as the enamelled pendant, are set with half pearls, verre églomisé.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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An English 18 Carat gold, enamel and pearl set open faced center seconds cylinder pocket watch, Bouquet of Summer Flowers, made for the Chinese market, circa 1806.
Full plate movement, chain and fusee, cylinder escapement, three arm steel balance.
White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter hours, center seconds. The case back with fine polychrome enamel showing a beautiful flower arrangement with roses, violets, forget me nots and other summer flowers on a black ground, the bezels on both sides, as well as the enamelled pendant, are set with half pearls, verre églomisé.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Weight: 100 g
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Signed: John Kenable London
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Weight: 100 g
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Signed: John Kenable London
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John Kenebel (also Knobel, Kenable or Kenabel), Frith Street, Soho, London is not recorded in any of the standard lists of watchmakers’ names which is unsurprising on account of the fact that watches bearing his signature are rare and he was technically a jeweller as is stated in his will: “This is the last will and testament of Mr Jean Louis Knobel at times called John Kenebel of Frith Street in the parish of St. Anne, Soho…..Jeweller…..”. The bequests to his sister in Nyon and others in his will would point to him having been born in Switzerland. Most, if not all of his known work is clearly made for export to the Chinese Market. Kenebel died in July 1810.
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Verre églomisé is a French term referring to the process of applying both a design and gilding onto the rear face of glass to produce a mirror finish.
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Verre églomisé is a French term referring to the process of applying both a design and gilding onto the rear face of glass to produce a mirror finish.
Signed: John Kenable London
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