Smith

An exceptional, very fine and heavy London pocket watch "à troi couleurs" with cylinder escapement

Sold

estimated

1.400—3.000 €

Price realized

3.800 €

Our current catalogue

specific features

Case

18 K gold, partly engine-turned, relief of engraved and chased vine leaf decoration with butterfly in three-colour gold, case maker's punch mark "LC" (Louis Comtesse, Soho, London), gold dome with engraving: "Smith, Jeweller to H.R. Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales", reeded band.

Dial

Gold, frosted, applied radial Arabic gold numerals.

Movement

Full plate movement, keywind, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.

Diam.45 mm

Circa1830

Ctry.England

Wt.111 g

The case is extensively decorated with embossed multi-colour gold butterfly and vine leaf ornamentation and has a marvellous look and feel.

Charlotte Augusta von Wales (1796-1817) was a British princess of House Hanover. She was born in London, the only child of British-Hanoverian Crown Prince George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV) and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. She married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, later King Leopold I of Belgium and died only one year later.