95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 539
Abraham Colomby, Geneva/London, Movement No. 9930, Case No. 9930, 41 mm, 73 g, circa 1760
A decorative, small gold enamel verge pocket watch in a triple case
Case: transport case - brass, tortoiseshell with stud decoration. Outer case - 22K gold, two-colour, the reverse side with painted on enamel portrait of a lady with paste-set highlights, paste frame, translucent cobalt blue enamel border, band engraved with repeated pattern, front bezel set with pastes (glass). Inner case - 22K gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
A very similar gold enamel verge pocket watch by Abraham Colomby is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Abraham Colomby (or Collomb, Colombi and Colomb) was a Swiss maker and retailer who came from a famous watchmaking family in Geneva. He was born in 1702 as son of watchmaker Jean Pierre Collomb (1659-1738) and Jeanne Mussard (1657-1726), the daughter of master goldsmith Jean le Jeune Mussard. Abraham Colomby died in Geneva in 1776.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Colomby,_Abraham, as of 03/12/2017
A decorative, small gold enamel verge pocket watch in a triple case
Case: transport case - brass, tortoiseshell with stud decoration. Outer case - 22K gold, two-colour, the reverse side with painted on enamel portrait of a lady with paste-set highlights, paste frame, translucent cobalt blue enamel border, band engraved with repeated pattern, front bezel set with pastes (glass). Inner case - 22K gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
A very similar gold enamel verge pocket watch by Abraham Colomby is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Abraham Colomby (or Collomb, Colombi and Colomb) was a Swiss maker and retailer who came from a famous watchmaking family in Geneva. He was born in 1702 as son of watchmaker Jean Pierre Collomb (1659-1738) and Jeanne Mussard (1657-1726), the daughter of master goldsmith Jean le Jeune Mussard. Abraham Colomby died in Geneva in 1776.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Colomby,_Abraham, as of 03/12/2017
Sold
estimated
1.700—3.000 €
Price realized
1.900 €