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    12 November 2007

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    • Theodore Avril. A fine and unu
    Lot 337

    Theodore Avril. A fine and unusual 18K gold and porcelain verge watch

    SIGNED THEODORE AVRIL, NO. 2878, CIRCA 1770

    Price realised

    CHF 10,000

    Estimate

    CHF 8,000 - CHF 12,000

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    Theodore Avril. A fine and unusual 18K gold and porcelain verge watch
    Signed Theodore Avril, No. 2878, circa 1770
    With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, finely pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, pierced gold hands, the white porcelain and gold case with red painted floral decorated bezel, the reverse with a red painted scene depicting three cherubs in a classical landscape, red painted flowers to the inside, movement signed
    52 mm. diam.

    Provenance

    The Dr. Bodo Slingenberg Collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 29 March 2001, lot 343.

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    Lot Essay

    The French watch and clockmaker Theodore Avril was in charge of the clocks of Fontainebleau under Louis XV.

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