LOT 63 Vaucher, A Paris. A gilt metal and hard stone set key wind o...
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Vaucher, A Paris. A gilt metal and hard stone set key wind open face pocket watch with enamel portrait to reverse Circa 1785Offered from the T P Camerer Cuss CollectionVaucher, A Paris. A gilt metal and hard stone set key wind open face pocket watch with enamel portrait to reverseDate: Circa 1785Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation, round baluster pillarsDial: White enamel, black Roman numerals, black outer minute divisions with Arabic 5 minute markers, winding aperture between 1 and 2, white gold hard stone set handsCase: Consular form with garnet and white zircon set bezel, enamel portrait to reverse possibly depicting Princess de Lamballe with garnet and white zircon set wreath surround upon a blue enamel background, D-shaped bow, No.9421Signed: Dial & movement signed Vaucher, A Paris, inner case stamped LETONSize: 45mmThe Vaucher family produced a large number of watchmakers in the 18th century who were highly influential in putting Fleurier, in particular, on the horological map.The current piece features a fine portrait to the reverse possibly depicting Princess de Lamballe (1749-1792), a close confidant of Marie Antoinette. As part of the Queens inner circle she ultimately met the same fate as Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. Provenance:T P Camerer Cuss CollectionPurchased circa 1948Illustrated:The Country Life Book of Watches, T P Camerer Cuss, Country Life, 1967, colour plate 1 and plate 65The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches, T P & T A Camerer Cuss, AC C 1976, colour plate 7 page 240 and plate 74 page 137
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