109th Auction

2023/11/18

Lot 316

Le Belle

An exquisite Parisian gold enamel verge pocket watch with date, studded with paste stones

Sold

estimated
6.0008.000 €
Price realized
3.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, enamel, paste stones.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Thin full plate movement, three-arm brass balance.
Diam.56 mm
Circa1800
Ctry.France
Wt.98 g


This exceptionally attractive pocket watch has been lavishly embellished with paste stones. Its back is decorated with translucent cobalt blue enamel on engine turned pattern and paillons, with a painting of Venus and Cupid in the centre. The scene is framed by a row of stones and the inscription in Spanish "ata amistad" (friendship).