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A yellow gold, enamel, and pearl-set verge open faced watch with simple automaton, Circa 1790

Auction Closed

June 5, 07:33 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Dial: white enamel, eccentric hour and minute dial, regulation sector at 12 o’clock, the dial flanked by floral sprays, with putti further arranging additional sprays

Caliber: gilded full plate, verge 

Case: 18k yellow gold, the back with an oval at 6 o’clock centered by a polychrome enamel scene inhabited by a shepherd, a shepherdess, and one of their flock bordered by split pearls, below an aperture above revealing a parade of a hunt theme the reserves decorated with opaque blue enamel

Case number: 60’987

Size: 50 mm diameter

Signed: dial

Box: no

Papers: no