74,750 HKD
Markwick Markham, Borrell, London, No. 24804, made for the Islamic Market, with London hallmarks for 1815.Fine, 18K gold and enamel, triple-cased watch. Outer double-body, glazed, with scallop edge, the bezels with champlevé enamel decoration over a turquoise ground. Double-body second, the bezels decorated en suite, the back with a fine composition of summer flowers against a turquoise ground. Inner double-body, bassine, polished, marked “A.N.”. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Gold “poker and beetle” hands. Gilt brass full plate with pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with a star, a crescent and scrolled foliage.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 39 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
