A Louis XIV gilt-brass oignon watch, circa 1700 in a turtleshell contra-boulle stand

the watch with 2-inch enamel cartouche dial, the centre-wound fusee movement with verge and balance escapement, Egyptian pillars, the backplate mounted with a finely pierced and engraved balance cock and signed Masurier A Paris, the consular case engraved to the rear with a scene of Diana and her hound surrounded by foliate scrolls; the watch stand of waisted form and with a hinged top, inlaid with stylised scrolls and with applied mounts,

25.5cm. 10in. high overall

This lot will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries on 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, 15^th, 16^th and 17^th January 2024.