Sold for:
23,000 CHF
23,000 CHF
Allegory of Love Just & Son, London, No. 3332, made for the Chinese market, circa 1840. Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel center seconds watch. Two-body, "collier", back finely painted on enamel with two doves within a bouquet of flowers on black enamel ground, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, alternating black and white enameled band, gilt cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds track with fifteen-minute Arabic markers. Gold hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
