Cross-shaped watch with engraved silver case, engraved, open - Lot 90

Lot n° 90
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Cross-shaped watch with engraved silver case, engraved, open - Lot 90
Cross-shaped watch with engraved silver case, engraved, openworked and mechanism in engraved brass, engraved and iron. The theme of the decor is the Old and New Testaments. Case: in an environment of foliated and flowered scrolls and angel heads, on one side, the Crucifixion accompanied by Saint John and the Virgin, on the other side, the Resurrection between two amazed soldiers; on the periphery, scrolls, angel heads and saints under arcades. Dial: on the branches of the cross, Adam and Eve chased from Paradise, above, the Seraphim Angel armed with a flaming sword, below, Adam and Eve on either side of the Science of Good and Evil Tree; circular flat brass ring, Roman numerals, arrow-shaped steel hand. Movement plate decorated with scrolls with cock and rooster foot in openwork scrolls, signature Seb Swapp fecit. Belly and rings. South Germany, probably Augsburg, Sebastien Swapp watchmaker, first half of the 17th century Height without hinges: 6.7 cm - Width: 5.5 cm - Thickness: 1.8 cm (dirty mechanism, small gaps including the balance and the rod)
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