GREGSON, À PARIS | A GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET WATCH WITH ASSOCIATED GOLD AND ENAMEL CHATELAINE CIRCA 1780

GREGSON, À PARIS

A GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET WATCH WITH ASSOCIATED GOLD AND ENAMEL CHATELAINE

CIRCA 1780

gilded cylinder movement with gilt three-arm balance, signed Gregson à Paris, enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic five-minute divisions, aperture for winding, gold stylised hands, gold case with polychrome enamel painted scene depicting a winged nymph tending an altar of love embellished with diamonds, seed pearls and draperies, blue, black and white enamel striped bezels, with associated paste-set chatelaine with white and blue enamel panels with carved wax scenes, the chatelaine terminating with four pendant chains, two with tassels, one with hard stone fob, one with a key which has a decoratively engraved metal mount, with associated fitted leather case

diameter 51mm.