4,830 CHF
L' attenteSwiss, retailed by Thomas Brunker, 111 Grafton St. , Dublin, circa 1870.Amusing 18 ct. gold and enamel concealed dial form watch with ivory painted miniature, in the shape of a padlock. Four-body, front cover with applied key-hole in black enamel over gold, back decorated with a painted ivory miniature behind a glazed frame, depicting an amourous shepherdess in a pastoral landscape. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 25.3 mm o, gilt brass bar calibre, 10 jewels, hanging barrel, cylinder escapement, plain gilt three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Dim. 41 x 30 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 484-485.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
