98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 386
L'Epine à Paris, 37 mm, 40 g, circa 1780
A charming gold enamel verge pocket watch with three-colour gold ornamentation "à trois couleurs" and enamel medallion
Case: rose gold and polychrome enamel, paste stones. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The back of this sophisticated verge pocket watch is decorated with an oval medallion showing the miniature portrait of a young female in a yellow and blue dress with lace collar, and a blue ribbon in her hair. The portrait is framed by a circle of paste stones and a wide border of applied two-colour gold flowers.
A charming gold enamel verge pocket watch with three-colour gold ornamentation "à trois couleurs" and enamel medallion
Case: rose gold and polychrome enamel, paste stones. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The back of this sophisticated verge pocket watch is decorated with an oval medallion showing the miniature portrait of a young female in a yellow and blue dress with lace collar, and a blue ribbon in her hair. The portrait is framed by a circle of paste stones and a wide border of applied two-colour gold flowers.
estimated
1.800—2.500 €
Price realized
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