91st Auction
2015/5/16
Lot 216
J. Ullmann & Co. Hong Kong, Case No. 75782, 46 mm, 79 g, circa 1895
A rare pocket watch studded with half-pearls for the Chinese market
Case: silver, engine-turned and translucent red enamelled, the front cover with a portrait of a lady in period costume, the back lid with a centred polychrome enamelled cartouche depicting a river landscape with a swimming swan within a border of flowers, the bezels set with half pearls, case maker's punch mark "LG". Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued hands. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, keywind, frosted, gilt, signed, chain/fusee, side lever escapement, "Patent Lever", three-arm ring balance.
A rare pocket watch studded with half-pearls for the Chinese market
Case: silver, engine-turned and translucent red enamelled, the front cover with a portrait of a lady in period costume, the back lid with a centred polychrome enamelled cartouche depicting a river landscape with a swimming swan within a border of flowers, the bezels set with half pearls, case maker's punch mark "LG". Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued hands. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, keywind, frosted, gilt, signed, chain/fusee, side lever escapement, "Patent Lever", three-arm ring balance.
Sold
estimated
2.000—2.500 €
Price realized
2.500 €