Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
A slim gold, enamel and pearl-set verge watch Circa 1795
Auction Closed
May 14, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Noll à Paris
A slim gold, enamel and pearl-set verge watch
Circa 1795
• Movement: slim gilded full plate, verge escapement, flat three-arm balance, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, regulation arm recessed into dial plate beside cock, the backplate partially cut away to reveal a part of the fusee and barrel, signed signed Noll à Paris
• Dial: white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel moon hands, aperture for winding, signed Noll à Paris
• Case: gold, the back with restored polychrome enamel painted scene depicting the Parting of Aberlard and Eloisa after Angelica Kauffman against a translucent blue guilloché ground, bordered by two rows of pearls, front bezel pearl-set and with white enamel band, gold pendant heightened with translucent blued enamel and stamped DL, 75
diameter 50mm