40,250 HKD
J. F. Morel, Paris, No. 450, circa 1750. Very fine and important 20K gold, painted on enamel watch with early paillon application. Two-body, Louis XV, the back in azure enamel centered by a painted on enamel portrait of a young lady within a frame of translucent green enamel over gold paillons resembling engine-turning, six cartouches around with roses painted in pink, alternating with gold paillon ones, bezel with en suite enamel decoration with paillon flowers. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 4 o’clock. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 36 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, micrometric potence adjustment, continental cock. Signed on the movement.Diam. 46 mm. Notes Provenance: Probably from the Jubinal de Saint-Albin Collection.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06