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Fredrik Jürgensen

A Danish late Empire 18k gold quarter repeating open-face pocket watch in guilloché and ribbed case, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds, signed Fredrik Jürgensen, gilt movement with duplex escapement, signed Fredrik Jürgensen Kiöbenhavn, dust cover of gilt metal signed Fredrik Jürgensen Kiøbenhavn N. 4105 and engraved “Træk op til höire” and “Echappement Duplex, gaaer under Optrækningen, med Secunder, 4re Steenhuller, Steenrulle og Compensateur for Varme og Kulde”. Case band with strike/silent lever. C. 1828. Weight 167 g. Case diam. 56 mm. Together with a gold watch chain with three pendants; a gold mounted key and two gold and carnelian seal fobs. L. 22 cm. In a fitted case of red maroquin embossed in gold with Frederik VI's crowned monogram and the date d. 18 Juni 1828. L. 38.5 cm.

Fredrik Jürgensen (1787–1843), brother of Urban Jürgensen (1776–1830), took over the operation of the business when his father, Jürgen Jürgensen, died in 1811. The same year he was appointed Royal Court Watchmaker after his father. Fredrik Jürgensen is estimated to have made approximately 500 pocket watches in the period 1811–1843. Provenance: Present from King Frederik VI to merchant Palle Møller Lunøe (1783–1869). Excerpt from ancestral book “Oversigt over efterkommerne af Palle Møller Lunøe og hustru Maren Jelstrup, 1935”: “Butikken var i den lave Fløj i Baggrunden med Butiksdøren i Gavlen og Beboelseshuset i Bygningen midt paa Billedet ... Ejendommen var dengang en af Byens anseligste og Gæsteværelset og ”Salen“ blev stillet til Disposition ved Kongebesøg og har været benyttet af Frederik den Sjette og Christian den Ottende ...” (The shop was in the low wing in the background with the shop door in the gable and the residential house in the building in the middle of the picture ... the property was then one of the city's most significant, and the guest room and “Salen” were made available for Royal visits and were used by Frederik VI and Christian VIII ...)

Condition

Condition report on request. Please contact: varia@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Auction

Varia, furniture and carpets, 10 June 2020

Category
Estimate

30,000–40,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

50,000 DKK