Lot 117

Philippe Borel, Paris, 51 mm, 94 g, circa 1781
A French gold enamel verge pocket watch
Case: 18k gold, enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
An extremely charming, thin pocket watch of outstanding quality; the back is decorated with cobalt blue enameling on engine-turned pattern and a central medallion with en grisaille painting: Alexander the Great meets Clio, the muse of history. The bezels on both sides are decorated with opalescent white enamel foliage and gold paillon tendrils on a cobalt blue ground. The pendant is similarly ornamented.
Tardy's "Dictionnaire des Horlogers Francais" lists Philippe Borel as active in Paris in 1781, where he worked for Abraham-Louis Breguet.

Sold