94,300 HKD
“Country scene” Gme. Hry Guye Aux Verrieres, No. 2091, circa 1835. Fine and rare gold double-train grande et petite sonnerie, quarter repeating clockwatch with visible strike work. Four-body, "bassine et filets”, floraly chased and engraved band and bezels, the back with a “taille douce” engraved lake scene witha castle to the right, fisherman in the foreground, row boat and ships on the lake and mountains in the background, rococo floral andfoliate boarder, hinged gold cuvette with winding and setting apertures as well as with grande/petite sonnerie lever, strike/silent leverunder the bezel. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, “taille douce” engraved central field with an extensivelandscape, dancer and musicians in the foreground, ruins, lake and mountains in the background. Gold Breguet hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10