102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 236
A collection of 1 verge pocket watch and a sun dial
Terrot à Genève, 34 mm, 46 g, circa 1650/1740
A small verge pocket watch with lavishly decorated late Renaissance case
Case: brass, firegilt. Dial: silver. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved, pierced balance cock with grotesque face.
From the citizens’ register of Geneva, dated December 16, 1743: M. Philippe Terrot, son of the late Antoine, of Pont-en-Royans in the Dauphiné, resident, age 46, moved to Geneva at the age of 15 for religious reasons, master watchmaker and dealer in watches.
Terrot à Genève, 34 mm, 46 g, circa 1650/1740
A small verge pocket watch with lavishly decorated late Renaissance case
Case: brass, firegilt. Dial: silver. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved, pierced balance cock with grotesque face.
From the citizens’ register of Geneva, dated December 16, 1743: M. Philippe Terrot, son of the late Antoine, of Pont-en-Royans in the Dauphiné, resident, age 46, moved to Geneva at the age of 15 for religious reasons, master watchmaker and dealer in watches.
estimated
2.500—4.000 €
Price realized
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