17,250 HKD
De Lisle a Paris, circa 1710. Fine gilt brass Louis XIV "oignon " with mock pendulum. Double body "oignon", the bezel engraved with foliage decoration, the back with a scene depicting "Toilet of Venus " . White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and beetle " hands. Hinged, gilt brass full plate with silver Egyptian pillars and pierced decoration, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain short flat balance spring, rack and pinion regulator with silver disc, fine gilt brass and silver Louis XIV cock with pendulum aperture, chased with foliage, a mask and a cock. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 60 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-06-07