Sold for:
69,000 HKD
69,000 HKD
The Diamond StarIlbery, London, No. 5481, circa 1815.Very fine 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set watch with center-seconds and a stop feature, made for the Chinese market. Four-body, spring-loaded back with applied diamond-set wreath and central rosette against an imperial blueenamel ground over engine-turning, bezels and pendant decorated with enamel and paillon flowers and leaves, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, Roman hour chapter, outer minute and fifth-second divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Gold "heart" hands. Notes For a biography of William Ilbery, see lot no. 398.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08