100,000 HKD
MAISON VEVER- ART NOUVEAU Vever, Paris. Made circa 1900 Very fine and rare 18K yellow gold, enamel, diamond and emerald set keyless fob watch with matching 18K gold, enamel, emerald and sapphire-set detachable bow. Five-body, "bassine", prominent outer bezel heavily decorated with repeat flower pattern, each set with a diamond, white and turquoise enamel decorated band, pierced and engraved reverse with red and white enamel leaf pattern center highlighted by an emerald, over a gold guilloche translucent turquoise enamel cuvette. The bow secured by a clip with similar central red and white leaf design highlighted by an emerald. Ivory-colored enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes and outermost 5-minute Arabic numerals. Gold spade hands. Notes Maison Vever was a prominent French jewelry house famous for its Art Nouveau designs. The company established its position at the 1889 Paris Exhibition winning one of two grand prizes for gem setting at their first appearance
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
