Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
A gold verge watch with later polychrome enamel painted portraits of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette & family, with later chatelaine decorated en-suite Circa 1780, enamel decoration and chatelaine second half 19th century
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May 14, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CHF
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A gold verge watch with later polychrome enamel painted portraits of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette & family, with later chatelaine decorated en-suite
Circa 1780, enamel decoration and chatelaine second half 19th century
• Movement:unsigned gilded full plate, verge escapement, fusee and chain, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, diamond endstone, silver regulation plate
• Dial: white enamel dial, Roman numerals with stylised flower heads between, outer Arabic minute ring, gilt hands, aperture for winding
• Case: pink gold case with yellow gold rope-twist bezels, the back centred with later polychrome enamel painted portraits of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the portraits against a ruby-red enamel ground and separated by two fleur-de-lis each with a single diamond setting, indistinct control marks to pendant, inside case back numbered 97[?]59
• Chatelaine: latercustomized, suspended from an oval polychrome enamel painted plaque with gold mount framed by diamonds, pearls and with hook to the back, the panel of enlarged but matching style to the watch's case back and again depicting Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, seven pendant chains suspended beneath, some set with pearls and decorated with black and white enamel flowers, the centre with red enamel and diamond-set fleur-de-lys, the outer chains terminating to one side in a gold and pearl mounted key with polychrome enamel painted panel to one side depicting the King and Queen's children, the Dauphin and Marie Therese Duchesse D'Angouleme, to the other a blank fob seal with polychrome enamel painted portaits of Louis XV's daughters, Madame Adelaide de France and Madame Victoire de France
diameter 38mm, length of chatelaine approx. 170mm