Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

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Vienna, Austria

A gold and enamel gourd-form watch Circa 1875

Auction Closed

May 14, 02:23 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Vienna, Austria


A gold and enamel gourd-form watch

Circa 1875


• Movement: unsigned gilded, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silvered regulation plate

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands, aperture for winding

• Case: gold, the front with polychrome enamel painted scene of putti harvesting and gathering flowers in a landscape setting, radiating enamel panels above of opaque light green, white and black and translucent blue enamel, the back similarly decorated and with scene depicting two figures and a putto beside a fire, black and white enamel borders, suspended from a short gold chain, inside lid with light blue enamel, inside case back with Vienna control mark for 1872-1922


width 29mm

R. Chadwick, A Voyage Through Time, London: Unicorn, 2020, p. 282.