98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 381
A collection of 3 verge pocket watches, created by members of the watchmaking dynasty Preudhomme of Neuwied
Louis Preudhomme à Berlin, Case No. 3324, 55 mm, 119 g, circa 1800
A pair-cased verge pocket watch
Case: outer case - brass, silver, coated with ray skin, decoration studs. Inner case - silver, engraved back side, case maker's punch mark "RB". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Preudhomme is first mentioned in connection with Roentgen’s workshop in 1776. A small watch by David Roentgen (1743-1807) in the David collection in Kopenhagen is also signed by Preudhomme, who worked with a certain Raymond. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a table clock by David Roentgen that is fitted with a movement by Elié Preudhomme.
Provenance: Landrock Collection
Louis Preudhomme à Berlin, Case No. 3324, 55 mm, 119 g, circa 1800
A pair-cased verge pocket watch
Case: outer case - brass, silver, coated with ray skin, decoration studs. Inner case - silver, engraved back side, case maker's punch mark "RB". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Preudhomme is first mentioned in connection with Roentgen’s workshop in 1776. A small watch by David Roentgen (1743-1807) in the David collection in Kopenhagen is also signed by Preudhomme, who worked with a certain Raymond. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a table clock by David Roentgen that is fitted with a movement by Elié Preudhomme.
Provenance: Landrock Collection
Sold
estimated
2.500—5.000 €
Price realized
2.500 €