95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 119
Aime à Paris, 16 x 37 mm, 20 g, circa 1810
A charming, fine gold enamel pendant form watch in the shape of a basket
Case: gold enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Similar watches are illustrated and described in "The Sandberg Watch Collection" by Terence Camerer-Cuss, Geneva 1998, p. 450f.
The dial is protected by a small oval cover which is decorated with blue and white enamel flowers and gold foliage on yellow ground. The sides are similarly ornamented with white enamel flowers on black ground and alternating yellow and blue enamel bands; the base has a green enamel diamond shape with a blue border and a central engraved flower. Twisted rope handle.
A charming, fine gold enamel pendant form watch in the shape of a basket
Case: gold enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Similar watches are illustrated and described in "The Sandberg Watch Collection" by Terence Camerer-Cuss, Geneva 1998, p. 450f.
The dial is protected by a small oval cover which is decorated with blue and white enamel flowers and gold foliage on yellow ground. The sides are similarly ornamented with white enamel flowers on black ground and alternating yellow and blue enamel bands; the base has a green enamel diamond shape with a blue border and a central engraved flower. Twisted rope handle.
Sold
estimated
5.500—7.000 €
Price realized
5.800 €