Daniel de St. Leu, London

Daniel de St. Leu, London

AN EXCEPTIONAL VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET PAIR CASED QUARTER STRIKING CHAISE CLOCK WATCH MADE FOR THE TURKISH MARKET WITH MATCHING CHATELAINE

CIRCA 1790, NO. 15717

[ 多色黃金鑲鑽石二問懷錶配同款腰鍊，為土耳其市場製造，年份約1790，編號15717]

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, flat three-arm balance, decoratively pierced balance cock engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, broad foot similarly decorated, silver regulation plate with Turkish numerals, the going train with fusee and chain, separate standing barrel for strike train, cylindrical pillars, gilt-metal dust cap, movement and dust capsigned and numbered Daniel de St. Leu, London watchmaker to the Queen, no. 15717, gilt-metal dust cap  

• Dial: white enamel, Turkish numerals, paste-set arrow-form hands, each with a crescent moon to the shaft, signed De St. Leu, London

• Cases: gold inner, the band pierced for sound emission and engraved with floral garlands, apertures for winding each train, strike/silent lever beneath bezel at 3 o'clock, numbered beneath the bell 15717and with maker's mark I•E possibly I•B within a lozenge-shaped cartouche • gold outer with chased, engraved and applied decoration, centred by trophies of hunting heightened with diamonds, chased and engraved bezels pierced for sound emission, front bezel diamond-set

• Chatelaine: gold chatelaine, the upper panel double sided with diamond-set hunting trophies depicting a bow and quiver, a crescent moon to one side, the reverse chased and engraved with a bouquet of flowers against a stippled ground, the panel surrounded by scrolling pierced and engraved foliate decoration, the rows of pendant chains separated by diamond-set panels, one with trophies to one side and diamond-setting to the other surrounded by chased and engraved foliage 

diameter of outer case 63mm, inner 54mm, maximum length including chains 400mm

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