98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 547
Frères Wiss & Menu à Genève, 16 x 37 mm, 19 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 decorated with a white, red and blue enamel hunting scene with a hound and a swan on opaque light-blue enamel ground. The sides are similarly embellisehd with swans on the waterside. The base has a blue enamel star with engraved gold ornamentation. A small chain is used as a 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 decorated with a white, red and blue enamel hunting scene with a hound and a swan on opaque light-blue enamel ground. The sides are similarly embellisehd with swans on the waterside. The base has a blue enamel star with engraved gold ornamentation. A small chain is used as a handle.
Sold
estimated
2.700—3.500 €
Price realized
3.000 €