Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
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