Taschenuhr: absolute Rarität, Oignon mit erotischer Emaille-Lupenmalerei und Automat, verm. Mussard um 1700
15.10.2022 16:30UTC +01:00
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Auctioneer | Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH |
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ID 827883
Lot 4221 | Taschenuhr: absolute Rarität, Oignon mit erotischer Emaille-Lupenmalerei und Automat, verm. Mussard um 1700
Estimate value
€ 5 000 – 25 000
Ca. Ø52mm, ca. 134g, beidseitig verglastes Silbergehäuse, rückseitig Blick auf die Emailleplakette und den darüber befindlichen Automaten, Emaille-Malerei von hochfeiner Qualität, hervorragend erhalten, erotisches Motiv, sehr wahrscheinlich Workshop Jean (V) Mussard (1681-1754), Geneva, über der Emaille-Plakette bewegt sich der Automat, angetrieben durch die Unruh, ursprünglich bestückt mit einer Fliege oder einem anderen Insekt, welches über dem Kopf der Dame hin und her fliegt (Mechanik komplett vorhanden und intakt, nur die aufgesetzte Fliege fehlt), Werk signiert Jean Robert Michel, originales Champlevé-Zifferblatt mit gleicher Signatur, vergoldete Zeiger (Minutenzeiger restauriert), funktionstüchtig. Die Uhr ist eine museale Rarität und eine der seltensten Ausführungen einer Oignon. In der Kombination mit diesem Automaten sind nur wenige Exemplare bekannt. Die Emaille-Malerei entspricht der besten damals gefertigten Qualität von Mussard. Ein vergleichbares Objekte erzielte in Genf einen Rekordpreis von 32.000 Schweizer Franken (https://www.cortrie.de/go/MQB). Ein weiteres Exemplar, ebenfalls mit "Fliege" 16.000 Schweizer Franken (https://www.cortrie.de/go/PV9). Der Uhrmacher signierte Jean Robert Michel und war ab 1652 in Paris verzeichnet. Eine weitere Oignon mit Emaille-Malerei und seiner Signatur befindet sich im Museum von Orlean.
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