LEPINE À PARIS | A GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH WITH CHATELAINE, CIRCA 1780

Property from an Important Italian Collection

LEPINE À PARIS

A GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH WITH CHATELAINE

CIRCA 1780

Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance bridge, fusee and chain, repeating on a bell, signed Lepine A Paris

Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, Arabic outer track, applied half hour accents, signed Lepine A Paris

Case: gold, polychrome enamel panel to the back depicting a classical female, simulated green enamel boarder in enamel, applied foliate swags accented with diamonds, diamond-set bezel, stem and bow

Chatelaine: gold, decorated ensuite with polychrome enamel panel depicting a female within a garden landscape, four pendant chains terminating in a key, breloques and seal

diameter of case 41mm, overall length 195mm

Accompanied by an associated presentation case