102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 267
Marie Christine Rousseau à Paris, 52 mm, 106 g, circa 1700
A verge pocket watch "Oignon"
Case: firegilt, finely chased and engraved. Dial: firegilt, chased and engraved, enamel cartouches with blue radial Roman numerals. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
This is a typical example of a French "oignon" - a large watch fitted with a simple construction and easily readable dial, which is lovingly embellished. A basket filled with flowers sits in the centre and is surrounded by flower garlands with birds. The edge of the case is decorated with scrolls and cartouches with bows and arrows, quivers and a pair of birds.
H. L. Tardy‘s "Dictionnaire des horlogers francais", Paris 1972, p. 574 mentions a widow Rousseau in Paris living at Rue St-Martin around 1748.
A verge pocket watch "Oignon"
Case: firegilt, finely chased and engraved. Dial: firegilt, chased and engraved, enamel cartouches with blue radial Roman numerals. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
This is a typical example of a French "oignon" - a large watch fitted with a simple construction and easily readable dial, which is lovingly embellished. A basket filled with flowers sits in the centre and is surrounded by flower garlands with birds. The edge of the case is decorated with scrolls and cartouches with bows and arrows, quivers and a pair of birds.
H. L. Tardy‘s "Dictionnaire des horlogers francais", Paris 1972, p. 574 mentions a widow Rousseau in Paris living at Rue St-Martin around 1748.
Sold
estimated
3.200—5.500 €
Price realized
3.500 €