Frédéric BOUCHERON, Years 1870-1880 - Lot 9

Frédéric BOUCHERON, Years 1870-1880 Blackened steel and yellow gold 750‰ collar watch and chatelaine. With rich openwork decoration of foliate scrolls, masks and chimeras, enhanced with old-cut diamonds mounted in a closed setting. Round case (21mm), metal cuvette, silvered dial, Arabic numerals for the hours, chemin de fer for the minutes, chased and beaded caseband, screw-in spiral movement. Signed "Frederic Boucheron" on the dial. Total dimensions: 6.7x3.3cm. P. Gross weight: 30.4g. (Movement as is, no guarantee of functioning). The combination of gold and blackened steel is characteristic of Boucheron's production from the 1870s-1880s to the 1900s, appearing on jewelry as well as timepieces. The emblematic model of this style is the famous "Régence" necklace in the Maison Boucheron collection, richly decorated with foliage scrolls and mascarons. Bibliography: - NERET, Gilles, Boucheron - Le Joaillier du Temps, Conti, 1992, p. 15 and 27; - NERET, Gilles, Boucheron - Histoire d'une dynastie de joailliers, Pont Royal, 1988, p. 35.