98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 382
Benoit, Thomas, Fils au Puy, Movement No. 27325, 62 mm, 167 g, circa 1790
A historically interesting double-sided silver and enamel verge pocket watch, with quarter repeater "montre à tact"
Case: silver, polychrome enamel, glass, case maker's punch mark "AP". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm brass balance.
The back is decorated with an enamel miniature under glass showing a siege by French soldiers, while a scribe in a tower records the scene in his book: "VROM(bissement) DE LA SAINTE TRINITÉ", loosely translated: "the commotion at the church of Sainte-Trinité". The church is located in the town of Autry-Issards near Clermont-Ferrand; also in the vicinity is Puy, where the watchmaker lived. The dial is decorated with the painting of a monument with a vase at the side of a river, the castle visible in the background is probably the Chateau Lavoute Polignac near Le Puy.
A historically interesting double-sided silver and enamel verge pocket watch, with quarter repeater "montre à tact"
Case: silver, polychrome enamel, glass, case maker's punch mark "AP". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm brass balance.
The back is decorated with an enamel miniature under glass showing a siege by French soldiers, while a scribe in a tower records the scene in his book: "VROM(bissement) DE LA SAINTE TRINITÉ", loosely translated: "the commotion at the church of Sainte-Trinité". The church is located in the town of Autry-Issards near Clermont-Ferrand; also in the vicinity is Puy, where the watchmaker lived. The dial is decorated with the painting of a monument with a vase at the side of a river, the castle visible in the background is probably the Chateau Lavoute Polignac near Le Puy.
estimated
5.500—8.000 €
Price realized
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