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Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」
Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」
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J. Chambon, à Paris
AN INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL GOLD VERGE WATCH LATER ENHANCED WITH RENAISSANCE REVIVAL LIMOGES-STYLE ENAMEL DECORATION AND MATCHING CHATELAINE CIRCA 1775 AND THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, NO. 5262 [ 黃金懷錶，後補飾利摩日新文藝復興風格彩繪琺瑯畫及同款腰鍊，年份約1775及十九世紀下半葉，編號5262]
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J. Chambon, à Paris
AN INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL GOLD VERGE WATCH LATER ENHANCED WITH RENAISSANCE REVIVAL LIMOGES-STYLE ENAMEL DECORATION AND MATCHING CHATELAINE
CIRCA 1775 AND THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, NO. 5262
[ 黃金懷錶，後補飾利摩日新文藝復興風格彩繪琺瑯畫及同款腰鍊，年份約1775及十九世紀下半葉，編號5262]
• Movement: gilded, verge escapement, plain flat three-arm balance, fusee and chain, silver regulation plate, signed and numbered J. Chambon, à Paris, No.5262
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, aperture for winding, rose-cut diamond-set fleur-de-lys hands
• Case: gold, the case later decorated with Limoges-style enamel painted panel depicting Marie de Medici, surrounded by a diamond-set and translucent red-guilloché border and with bezels heightened by pink enamel scrolls
• Chatelaine: of matching period to the case enhancements and decorated en suite, comprising heart-shaped panels painted in Limoges style depicting Marie de Medici and King Henry IV of France, decorated throughout with fleur-de-lys and crosses, the pendant chains with varying terminals including a key and an urn with fleur-de-lys seal, the upper panel with two diamond-set crucifixes each centrally set with a single pearl
diameter 40mm, length including chatelaine 215mm
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The decorative scheme of this watch and its matching chatelaine reflect the wider influence of the renaissance revival on jewellery designs in the second half of the 19th century. During the early part of the 17th century, Limoges-style enamel had occasionally been used to decorate the cases of watches and a small number of examples survive to this day. For the present piece, the artist has chosen to paint the portraits of Marie de Medici (1575-1642) and her husband King Henry IV of France (1553-1610), thereby complimenting the period setting of the watch's design.
Tardy notes in his Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français that Jean Chambon was apprenticed in 1762 and Master in 1766. Chambon was recorded in Paris at the Rue de Poitou in 1772 and the Rue Mercier in 1778.