J. SANDOZ Fils, Avignon, Work from the second half of the 19 - Lot 42

J. SANDOZ Fils, Avignon, Work from the second half of the 19th century Yellow gold 750‰ collar watch. Case: round (32mm), smooth caseband, guilloche back and "MJ" numerals, yellow gold 750‰ bowl signed "J. Sandoz fils AVIGNON". Dial: white enamel with gold ornamentation, blue enamel Roman numerals and minute track, gold five-in-five Arabic minute numerals, gold hands enhanced with rose-cut diamonds. Movement: hand-wound mechanical. Marked Tête de Cheval, Départements, 1838-1919 (Different Besançon). P. Gross weight: 30.4 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.