A RARE GOLD, ENAMEL IVORY AND DIAMOND-SET WATCH WITH PORTRAIT MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO SIMON ROCHARD
1821, NO. 2/1301
A RARE GOLD, ENAMEL IVORY AND DIAMOND-SET WATCH WITH PORTRAIT MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO SIMON ROCHARD
1821, NO. 2/1301 gold, gilt metal, enamel, ivory diameter 62 mm , • unusually slim cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, regulator with applied silver scale, plain balance cock, ruby endstone, dust cap • white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold arrow hands, winding square situated above 6 o'clock • champlevé enamel decoration on both front and rear bezels, case back features a fine stipple-work portrait miniature of a young lady painted on ivory possibly by Simon Rochard (1788-1872) , framed by graduated diamonds, case marked IM for John Marsh • movement signed Barrauds, Cornhill London, 2/1301Barrauds, London, Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
, A RARE GOLD, ENAMEL IVORY AND DIAMOND-SET WATCH WITH PORTRAIT MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO SIMON ROCHARD
1821, NO. 2/1301 gold, gilt metal, enamel, ivory diameter 62 mm , • unusually slim cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, regulator with applied silver scale, plain balance cock, ruby endstone, dust cap • white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold arrow hands, winding square situated above 6 o'clock • champlevé enamel decoration on both front and rear bezels, case back features a fine stipple-work portrait miniature of a young lady painted on ivory possibly by Simon Rochard (1788-1872) , framed by graduated diamonds, case marked IM for John Marsh • movement signed Barrauds, Cornhill London, 2/1301 , Chester Beatty Sotheby's London, Chester Beatty Collection, Part 1 December 1962, lot 71
, Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970 , p. 366, 367 pl. 237. Cedric Jagger, "Paul Philip Barraud" Antiquarian Horological Society , (1968) p. 144
, The Sotheby's London Chester Beatty catalogue in 1964 attributed this portrait miniature to Simon Rochard, which Cedric Jagger also supported in his 1968 book, Paul Philip Barraud. Apart from the finely painted miniature, one should also note the slimness of the watch, which was just coming into fashion during this period. Simon Rochard, (1788-1872) was a well known miniature portrait artist. Rochard was born in Paris and schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he studied under J.B.J Augustin. Among Rochard's most famous commissions is the portrait miniature of the Duke of Wellington for the King of Spain prior to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Following this, he moved to London and established himself as the favourite miniature portraitist of the Aristocracy. He remained in London from 1814-1845 where he exhibited at the Royal Academy, Society of British Artists and the New Watercolour Society. He moved to Brussels in 1846. For a note on Barraud see lot 76.
