4,761 CHF
Golay Fils & Stahl, Geneve, No. 27573, the enamel painted by Melle J. Vauthey, Geneva, 1904. "La musique attendrit les ceeurs" Fine 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set keyless fob watch. Three body, "bassine et filets", entirely decorated with flowers over a pale azure enamel ground and with rose-cut diamond inlaid bezel, the back centred with a finely painted scene within a rose-cut diamond inlaid frame, featuring a young gentleman in a park, playing the serenade for two charming maidens. Gold engine-turned with Arabic numerals on a frosted chapter ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade " hands. Notes Jeanne Vauthey, enamel painter, worked in Geneva from 1900 onward, her studio was 3, Inc Saint Jean in 1915 and 13, Avenue Galatin from 1924.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-11-16
