4,140 CHF
Jean Baptiste Baillon A Paris, Swiss, circa 1770. Fine 18K gold and painted enamel watch. Two-body, “Louis XV”, back painted on enamel with a scene showing a gentleman sitting with a shepherdess accompanied by her sheep, with a cupid to the left and ruins in the background, gold crescent-shaped paillon border on blue enamel background, front bezel with blue champlevé enamel forming a geometrical pattern. White convex enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with outer five-minute Arabic figures, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o’clock. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 36 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, conti-nental cock. Signed on the movement. Diam. 45 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-04-13
