16,250 HKD
The Pansy and the Rose Swiss. Made circa 1810. Fine, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set lady’s pendant watch. To be sold without reserve Two-body, empire, reeded band, the back with a royal blue translucent enamel panel decorated with a painted rosebud, the front cover with a matching enamel panel decorated with a painted pansy flower, split-pearl set borders. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel Breguet hands. 24 mm., matte gilt full plate, waisted turned pillars, fuse with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Diam. 30 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
