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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR
THE STORY HOUR Ilbery
A VERY FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL WATCH MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET LONDON NO. 6349 CIRCA 1835
• Chinese caliber movement, duplex escapement, monometallic balance with blued steel weights, gilt plates engraved overall with foliate motif • white enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial • the case back with a finely painted medallion depicting a seated mother flanked by her two children in a classical garden, both bezels with engraved scrolls in red and blue enamel, gilt metal cuvette engraved with central patera and wavy lip border• movement signed and numbered cuvette numbered.
diameter 60 mm
Estimate
100,000
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150,000
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