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. The prestigious trio of urn shaped watches Until the recent discovery of the first of these three watches made for the Chinese Market, urn shaped watches of this type, fitted with a seal foot, were virtually unknown, rarely appearing on the auction market. The reunion of three magnificent watches of this type, offered at auction in a single sale, constitutes an unique opportunity to form the most extraordinary collection in that field. The paintings on enamel on all three urns are by Richter who was among the most eminent Geneva enamel painters of the time. Their movements are almost identical and although made in Geneva, are much inspired by the English style. Decorated slightly differently, with slight variations in their shapes, although undoubtedly produced in the same workshop and enamelled by Richter after English prints, each of these three urn watches is a unique timepiece. Chinese Market watches were traditionally produced in pairs, consigned in a box fitted to accomodate the two. However, these urn watches were seemingly not intended as pairs but as unique pieces since one of the urns (lot 427) is in its orginal box, in red Russian leather gold tooled with a Royal Crown, fitted to contain the single urn. Form watches made for the Chinese Market, designed as pistols, hearts, fans or urns, were especially made, intended as prestigious gifts to be presented to the Emperors of China by European sovereigns. The presence of the Royal Crown on the original fitted box of lot 427, confirms the Royal origin of these watches.