Sold for:
2,000 CHF
2,000 CHF
Fursy - Allegory of Hope Fursy, A Paris, No. 1768. Made circa 1790. Fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set lady’s pendant watch. To be sold without reserve Two-body, “Directoire”, back painted on enamel with a lady representing “hope”, sitting by the shore at sunset, mountains in the background, pearl-set bezels. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel Breguet hands. 25 mm (11’’’), hinged, frosted gilt fullplate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 33 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
