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WILLIAM CARPENTER - COACH WATCH FOR THE CHINESE MARKET `MARIE ANTOINETTE` William Carpenter, London, No. 4644. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1790. Very fine and rare, gilt metal and Limoges style painted on enamel small pair-cased coach watch with visible paste-set balance and ü second diablotine. OUTER: Two-body, "bassine", the bezel engraved with foliate decoration, the back set with a Limoges-style painted on enamel panel decorated with a portrait of Marie Antoinette, border decorated to match the bezel. INNER: Two-body, bassine, polished. Gilt dust ring. White enamel, small hour dial at 12 with radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the minutes, seconds, lunar calendar, ü second diablotine and regulation, aperture for the balance wheel decorated with alternating blue and red pastes. Gold hands. 52 mm. hinged dial plate, gilt brass full plate engraved with stylised foliage, tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, five-arm gilt balance set with alternating red and blue pastes, blued steel bridge. Movement signed. Notes DIAM. 70 mm. WILLIAM CARPENTER (1770-1805) Best known for his elaborate musical automata, several examples of which are preserved in the Peiping Museum. He made watches and automata for the Oriental market.


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