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Lot 1736 Dα

A figure of a dancing Bacchant as a "porte-montre"

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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A figure of a dancing Bacchant as a "porte-montre"

Ormolu, white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel hands. Day-running movement with verge escapement, one diamond. Engraved on the cover of the movement "Jn. Holmes Strand London 6228". The bronze stamped "S". Dial replaced. H 27.5 cm.
Last quarter 18th C.

Literature

This watchmaker mentioned in Baillie, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, London-Edinburgh 5/1966, p. 157.