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Swiss. An unusual copy of a Renaissance silver skull-form pendant watch
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Swiss. An unusual copy of a Renaissance silver skull-form pendant watch

MOVEMENT BEARING THE SIGNATURE OF BREGUET, PARIS, CIRCA 1830

已結束2011年11月14日

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Swiss. An unusual copy of a Renaissance silver skull-form pendant watch
Movement bearing the signature of Breguet, Paris, circa 1830
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock, silver dial, Roman numerals, in realistically shaped skull-form case, the hinged skullcap revealing the watch, surrounded by an engraved laurel wreath, hinged lower jaw, snake-form bow, movement bearing the signature of Breguet, Paris
39 mm. wide

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Watches and clocks with memento mori, latin for "reminder of death", motifs were amongst the standard subject matter of 17th century vanitas still lifes which included objects with an underlying moral message: such as the combination of a skull and a watch, both reminders of the passage of time.

Particularly en vogue again during the 19th century, it was common practice amongst watchmakers of the period to reproduce such watches.