4,720 CHF
"Isaac, Rebecca & Eliezer" W(illia)m Rivers, London, No. 1712. Made for the Dutch market, the inner case with London hallmarks for 1775. Very fine, 22K gold, repoussé pair-cased pocket watch. Outer: two-body, repoussé, depicting Isaac, Rebecca & Eliezer in an asymmetrical rococo cartouche, pierced and lined with a gold sheet from behind, bezel decorated to match. Inner: two-body, "bassine", polished, mastermark DP. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer arcaded minute track, five-minute Arabic numerals. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 34 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance with flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental-type cock, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Property of a German Collector Notes William Rivers Worked in London, circa 1770, died in 1820.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
