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拍品 3565
Berthoud，精細及罕有，18K紅金，鏤空，二問， 配有Jacquemarts活動人偶懷錶，約1820年製
SIGNED BERTHOUD, NO. 13331, CIRCA 1820
已結束2011年11月30日
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HKD 175,000
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US$3,000-5,000
Jacquemarts have a long tradition and figure already in the first edition of the French National Academy's dictionary, which appeared in 1694, with the following definition:
"JACQUEMART. Figure de fer ou de fonte, représentant un homme armé, laquelle on met d'ordinaire sur le haut d'une tour pour frapper les heures avec un marteau sur la cloche de l'horloge."
"Figure made of solid or cast iron representing a man in arms, which is usually put up on top of a (clock) tower to strike the hours with a hammer onto the bell of the clock".
Watches decorated with the miniature versions of these clock tower "men in arms" were very popular in the 19th century, although it is rare to find an example featuring three jaquemarts such as the present lot.
Jacquemarts have a long tradition and figure already in the first edition of the French National Academy's dictionary, which appeared in 1694, with the following definition:
"JACQUEMART. Figure de fer ou de fonte, représentant un homme armé, laquelle on met d'ordinaire sur le haut d'une tour pour frapper les heures avec un marteau sur la cloche de l'horloge."
"Figure made of solid or cast iron representing a man in arms, which is usually put up on top of a (clock) tower to strike the hours with a hammer onto the bell of the clock".
Watches decorated with the miniature versions of these clock tower "men in arms" were very popular in the 19th century, although it is rare to find an example featuring three jaquemarts such as the present lot.