LE DAGRE, Paris, Work from the second half of the 19th centu - Lot 40

LE DAGRE, Paris, Work from the second half of the 19th century. Textured yellow gold 750‰ exempt and silver 800‰ hunting watch. Case: round (32mm), cover with blue-enameled Roman numerals and minute track, central glass, translucent blue enameled back on guilloché ground and "TM" numeral set with rose-cut diamonds, yellow gold 750‰ bowl signed "Le Dagre Rue Vivienne 30 PARIS". Dial: white enamel, black enamel Arabic numerals and minute track, red enamel Arabic numerals from five to five. Movement: hand-wound mechanical. P. Gross weight: 36 g. From the estate of Pierre Moitessier (1880-1966), French lawyer and senior civil servant. A prominent family under the Second Empire, the Moitessiers are best remembered for two portraits of Madame Moitessier, née Inès de Foucauld (1821-1897), by Jean Auguste-Dominique Ingres, in the National Gallery in Washington and London.