Lot Essay
Des Arts & Compagnie were watchmakers located in Geneva, active at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Century. The firm specialized in decorative, repeating and automaton watches.
SIGNED DES ARTS PÈRE, FILS & CIE, CASE NOS. 4 AND 613, CIRCA 1820
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Des Arts & Cie. A small and attractive 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set mandolin form watch with concealed dial
Signed Des Arts Père, Fils & Cie, case nos. 4 and 613, circa 1820
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, hinged within a mandolin-form case with polychrome champlevé enamel geometrically decorated panels, chased gold soundboard with floral and scroll decoration and a seated putti in high relief, gold and burgundy enamel border, balance cock exposed through the blue enamel and pearl-set sound hole, red and black champlevé enameled neck with pearl-set tuning pegs over blue enamel head, string bridge, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, movement signed, case numbered
25.5 mm. wide & 60 mm. overall length
Signed Des Arts Père, Fils & Cie, case nos. 4 and 613, circa 1820
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, hinged within a mandolin-form case with polychrome champlevé enamel geometrically decorated panels, chased gold soundboard with floral and scroll decoration and a seated putti in high relief, gold and burgundy enamel border, balance cock exposed through the blue enamel and pearl-set sound hole, red and black champlevé enameled neck with pearl-set tuning pegs over blue enamel head, string bridge, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, movement signed, case numbered
25.5 mm. wide & 60 mm. overall length
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