23,000 HKD
Le Roy a Paris, No. 5541, made for the Islamic Market, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold and enamel, half-hunting cased watch. Double body, the back enamelled with a fine seaside landscape within a scarlet flinque scalloped frame, outer turquoise champleve enamelled decoration, cover, pendant and bow decorated en suite, the cover with a wreath of flowers painted over a pink ground, on the border of the dial aperture. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Gilt brass Breguet hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the cuvette and back plate, Turkish signature on the dial. Diam. 41 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-06-07
