8,125 CHF
Lami - The Soldier’s Pleasure Lami à Paris. Made circa 1800. Gilt-metal and painted on enamel pocket watch with concealed erotic scene. Three-body, bassine et filets, polished, the back cover opening to reveal the erotic scene depicting a soldier and a lady in a compromising position, paillon border. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, winding aperture at 2. Gilt hands. 42 mm., matte gilt full-plate, fusee and chain, pentagonal baluster pillars, verge escapment with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 54 mm. Property of an Swiss collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27