Objekt 7
Gold enamel watch with leather over case with gold piqué
Description
On the dial there is a depiction of Diana hunting in fine enamel painting, on the back of the case Diana, Akäton and Cupid. Jean-Pierre Huaud and Amy Huaud, from whom the enamel painting of this clock originates, received a call to Berlin in 1686 to the court of the Margrave of Brandenburg, Frederick III (1657-1713). Their older brother Pierre Huaud II (1647-before 1698) had already been there in 1685 and again in 1689. He was appointed court painter in Berlin in 1691. In 1700 Jean-Pierre and Amy Huaud took honorable leave in Berlin and returned to Geneva.
Object description
Makers: Jacques Cartier (factory), Jean-Pierre Huaud (1655-1723) and Amy Huaud (1657-1724)
Geneva and Berlin, around 1685
Gold, brass gilded, silver, steel partly blued, enamel, glass, overcase brass, gold, leather, textile
Signatures: Jacques Cartier (movement), les deux frères Huaut pintre de son A. E. à Berlin" (case)
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.38
Inv. 1983.1038.