Duterte. A miniature 18K two colour gold, enamel and paste-set à toc repeating paircased verge watch

SIGNED J. BTE. DUTERTE A PARIS, NO. 2909, CIRCA 1760, THE ENAMEL IN THE MANNER OF BOUCHER

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Duterte. A miniature 18K two colour gold, enamel and paste-set à toc repeating paircased verge watch
Signed J. Bte. Duterte A Paris, No. 2909, circa 1760, the enamel in the manner of Boucher
With gilt-finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, à toc quarter repeating on two hammers onto the case, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute division, paste-set hands, the case with paste-set and two colour gold foliage decorated bezel, the reverse with two colour gold foliage decoration centred by a polychrome enamel scene depicting a couple in a classical landscape, paste-set thumb pieces, together with a possibly later added gilt metal and burgundy shagreen outer case with glazed back, repeating through the paste-set pendant, silent repeat push-piece in the flange, dial and movement signed
35 mm. overall diam.

Lot Essay

Franois Boucher, born in Paris in 1703, was a very sought-after painter and received commissions from Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. From 1736 on, he devoted himself to genre painting, in which he became a true master. The artist's favourite topics were nevertheless Amorini and Fêtes Champêtres and Madame Boucher often posed as a model for her husband. In 1755 he was named director of the Royal Gobelins Tapestry Mill, and in 1736 'first painter of the King'. In 1765 he became director of the Académie Royale.

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