Not signed, attributable to Henry Capt, Geneva, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, pearl and diamond-set harp with music. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks | Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, 9th June 1997

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 09, 1997

LOT 422

Not signed, attributable to Henry Capt, Geneva, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, pearl and diamond-set harp with music.

HKD 115,000 - 195,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

C. A maiden, playing the guitar, finely painted on a small enamel panel (slightly restored) on the back of the instrument, outer champleve enamelled musical instruments, flowers, birds and further decoration against a black ground, the side panels with similar ornaments, small applied pearl-set decoration and a rose diamond set at the end of each rope. M. Gilt brass with pin-barrel and six stacked vibrating steel blades. In very good condition. Dim. '74 x 34 mm.

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At the period this harp was made, Henry Capt and Piguet Meylan were producing such types of musical objects of vertu in Geneva. The musical movement with pin-barrel and stacked steel blades is very much in the style of those produced by Henry Capt.