98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 61
Attributed to André Hessen, Paris, 55 mm, 90 g, circa 1806
A thin gold enamel pocket watch studded with half pearls. The back lid with a very fine polychrome enamel painting of a Mediterranean harbour scene
Case: protective case - gilt and glazed on one side. Inner case - 18k gold, pendant with punch mark "DB". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, cylinder escapement with brass cylinder wheel.
This watch is described and illustrated in "Email-Uhren. Kostbarkeiten unter den Taschenuhren" by Alfred Leiter und Dr. Alma Helfrich-Dörner, Kornwestheim 1977, pages 200f.
A thin gold enamel pocket watch studded with half pearls. The back lid with a very fine polychrome enamel painting of a Mediterranean harbour scene
Case: protective case - gilt and glazed on one side. Inner case - 18k gold, pendant with punch mark "DB". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, cylinder escapement with brass cylinder wheel.
This watch is described and illustrated in "Email-Uhren. Kostbarkeiten unter den Taschenuhren" by Alfred Leiter und Dr. Alma Helfrich-Dörner, Kornwestheim 1977, pages 200f.
Sold
estimated
8.000—10.000 €
Price realized
10.000 €