A HISTORIC 18K TRICOLOR GOLD OPEN FACE JACQUEMART AUTOMATON QUARTER REPEATER POCKET WATCH

50.00 mm case diameter, white enamel dial, black Arabic numerals with outer chapter ring calibrated to 60 minutes, gold outer border, plate between the gongs engraved Mq de La Fayette, accented with tricolor gold Jacquemart automatons striking bells depicting Orpheus and Eurydice above the altar of Cupid with doves and a flower basket, crown and stem are depressed to activate quarter repeating function, 18 karat gold guilloche back cover with cartouche engraved “M de”, gilt brass cuvette with decorative figural hinge, fusee with chain, verge escapement.
Inner case back stamp: A_(obcured)1258 K18 II.

Accompanied by a yellow gold watching winding key in the figure of General Lafayette.

Accompanied by a fitted tooled leather case with an inner silver medallion engraved "Montre +1750+de Marie-Joseph Marquis de La Fayette.= Monogr' M-J de LF
Cadran à tableau animé: "Eurydice & Orphée" frappant les quartiers de l'Heure. Au dessous: Autel de l'Amour Colombe en Fleurs -2d boitier: Page Saluant
(Au No. 207 I.R. Schavije).
Austrian silver hallmark dated 1805.

Property from the Collection of Mrs. Joseph Levy, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois

By repute, from the collection of the Marquis de Lafayette.

A contemporary of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette was an important figure in the American Revolutionary war as well as the French Revolution.

Commemorative plaque is circa 1805, made in Austria at the time the Marquis de Lafayette was living there in exile.

Exhibited at Lafayette University, 2007.