Lot 400

L'Epine à Paris, 41 mm, 68 g, circa 1770
A decorative quarter repeating gold enamel verge pocket watch with a matching two-part silver chatelaine and enamel portraits
Case: gold and polychrome enamel, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm brass balance.
This rococo ensemble consists of a verge pocket watch with chatelaine and has been executed beautifully. The back of the pocket watch is decorated with a polychrome enamel portrait of a lady in period costume in a frame of paste stones and three-colour gold flower scrolls. The bezel on the front is set with paste stones and the thumbpiece with a diamond. The corresponding silver chatelaine with watch key and signet shows two oval polychrome enamel medallions with female portraits. Length: 130 mm.

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