98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 60
Jean Viridet à Genève, Case No. 22, 54 mm, 85 g, circa 1795
An attractive gold enamel pocket watch of museum quality, studded with seed pearls; the enamelling is attributed to the workshop of Jean-Louis Richter in Geneva
Case: 18k rose gold, polychrome enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The back is decorated with a cartouche-shaped enamel medallion with a finely painted scene showing a young mother with two children over translucent cobalt blue engine-turned pattern. The miniature is surrounded by a turquoise-coloured Champlevé border with chased gold and garlands of split pearls; a double row of very small, fine split pearls frames the whole picture. The front is similarly decorated with a double row of pearls.
Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841) learned his art under David-Etienne-Roux and Philippe-Samuel-Théodore Roux. He specialized in landscapes, lake-side scenes and marine-scapes, often representing ships in a harbor or battles with Men-of-War, but also portraits and hunting scenes. Richter did not often sign his work, but he style and quality of his paintings make them clearly recognizable as being of his hand. He applied his art principally to watch cases and snuff boxes and these were largely destined for the Chinese, Turkish, British and Italian markets.
An attractive gold enamel pocket watch of museum quality, studded with seed pearls; the enamelling is attributed to the workshop of Jean-Louis Richter in Geneva
Case: 18k rose gold, polychrome enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The back is decorated with a cartouche-shaped enamel medallion with a finely painted scene showing a young mother with two children over translucent cobalt blue engine-turned pattern. The miniature is surrounded by a turquoise-coloured Champlevé border with chased gold and garlands of split pearls; a double row of very small, fine split pearls frames the whole picture. The front is similarly decorated with a double row of pearls.
Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841) learned his art under David-Etienne-Roux and Philippe-Samuel-Théodore Roux. He specialized in landscapes, lake-side scenes and marine-scapes, often representing ships in a harbor or battles with Men-of-War, but also portraits and hunting scenes. Richter did not often sign his work, but he style and quality of his paintings make them clearly recognizable as being of his hand. He applied his art principally to watch cases and snuff boxes and these were largely destined for the Chinese, Turkish, British and Italian markets.
estimated
8.000—15.000 €
Price realized
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