A SWISS ENAMELLED FOUR-COLOUR GOLD TIGHTROPE DANCER AUTOMATON MUSICAL BOX

Valeur estimée
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
02.07.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événement
Royaume-Uni, London
ID 1250851
Lot 12 | A SWISS ENAMELLED FOUR-COLOUR GOLD TIGHTROPE DANCER AUTOMATON MUSICAL BOX
A SWISS ENAMELLED FOUR-COLOUR GOLD TIGHTROPE DANCER AUTOMATON MUSICAL BOX
THE AUTOMATON, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780; THE BOX BY M&P UNDER CROWN, HANAU, CIRCA 1780
Oval, chased in four-colour gold, on the base with a trophy of musical instruments in a gallery hung with flowers festoons, foliage, and a chandelier, and on the sides with four musical trophies in reserves hung with pierced garlands and divided by columns pierced for sound with chevrons, and rosettes; the top with hinged glass cover, the automaton centred by a tightrope dancer in tutu and feathered hat framed by a columned alcove hung with laurel swags and flanked by vases of flowers above foliate scrolls, the ground partly enamelled in sky blue, green and marbled; the base hinged for key compartment; the start and stop buttons in the design of the side; the movement hinged into the case, skeletonized and finished in gilt metal and polished steel with a five-bell musical carillon, marked in the cover and compartment, with replacement key and in later fitted silk case
3 in. (7,5 cm.) long
gross weight 8 oz. 4 dwt. (256 gr.)




Provenance

Sir John Keswick K.C.M.G. (1906-1982) and Clare, Lady Keswick (1905-1998), then by descent.
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