21,240 HKD
“Love Trophy” Vauchez A Paris. Made circa 1780. Very fine, thin, 20K gold and painted on enamel lady’s pendant watch. Two-body, "Louis XVI", the back with an oval medallion painted on enamel with Cupid, a dove, a quiver with love arrows, the altar of love in the foreground, border with green and white enamel leaves. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 3. Gold “Louis XVI” hands. 23 mm, hinged, frosted gilt fullplate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 28 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
