10,350 CHF
Breguet, Swiss, No. 15951, circa 1810 Fine 18K gold and enamel form watch designed as a mandolin. Double body, the ribbed back decorated with panels of blue enamel and sections of white and azure champleve enamelled floral and formal decoration, sound board with champleve enamelled flower and foliage against an azure ground, black enamelled sound hole and azure key board. Gold chain suspension. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance with flat spring and regulator. Gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Apocryphal signature on the dial and back plate. Dims. 61 x 27 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31
