102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 416
Louis Humbert, Paris, Movement No. 346, Case No. 4523, 58 mm, 119 g, circa 1800
An ornamental verge pocket watch with date indication and fine enamel painting
Case: silver, case maker's punch mark "PIG", glazed on both sides. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, gilt, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance, pierced balance cock.
The columnar structure engraved on the back reveals the exquisitely finished balance cock; the dial is decorated with a fine gold painting showing a kind of baroque-style kiln in a strangely mythical lake setting.
An ornamental verge pocket watch with date indication and fine enamel painting
Case: silver, case maker's punch mark "PIG", glazed on both sides. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, gilt, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance, pierced balance cock.
The columnar structure engraved on the back reveals the exquisitely finished balance cock; the dial is decorated with a fine gold painting showing a kind of baroque-style kiln in a strangely mythical lake setting.
Sold
estimated
2.200—4.000 €
Price realized
2.500 €