57,500 HKD
Andrew Dickie, London, No. 3011, circa 1760.Fine 22K gold pair-cased, quarter repeating watch. Gilt brass shagreen covered double-body outer with gold piqu? work floral decoration. Double-body inner bassine pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, the back centred with engraved flowers. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring. Blued steel ?poker and beetle? hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Gilt brass English cock with diamond-end-stoneRepeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Gilt brass dust cap.Signed on the back plate and dust cap.Diam. 50 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
