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SOURIS AUTOMATE EN OR ET EMAIL

Lot 8
21.11.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 100 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1072635
Lot 8 | SOURIS AUTOMATE EN OR ET EMAIL
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
SOURIS AUTOMATE EN OR ET EMAIL

ATTRIBUEE A HENRI MAILLARDET, GENEVE OU LONDRES, VERS 1810

En forme de souris des champs grandeur nature, la fourrure ciselée et partiellement émaillée marron, les oreilles et les pattes ciselées, les yeux ronds en onyx noir, le ventre ciselé d’un motif en treillage, la queue en maille d'or, les moustaches et les sourcils en fil d'or, agrémentée sur le ventre de deux roues, le trou de serrure sur le flanc droit, dans son écrin d'origine, avec une clé postérieure, sans marque ou poinçon

L.: 12,3 cm. (4 7⁄8 in.)

Poids brut: 26.1 gr. (16 dwt.)





Literature

LITTERATURE COMPARATIVE:

L. Montandon & A. Chapuis, 'Les Maillardet', Musée Neuchâtelois, 1917-18, p. 24-45.

A. Chapuis & E. Gélis, Le Monde des Automates, Paris, 1928, p. 142-155.

Alfred Chapuis & Edmond Droz, Les Automates, Neuchâtel, 1949, p. 229-249.

L. M. Child, Letters from New York, University of Georgia Press, 1998, p. 204-205.



Further details

A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD AUTOMATON FIELD MOUSE, ATTRIBUTED TO HENRI MAILLARDET, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
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