23,750 CHF
Gold, Enamel, Pearl & Diamond Watch & Chatelaine In Original Case Swiss, case no. 4030. made circa 1790. extremely fine and very rare, 18K gold, painted on enamel, pearl and rose-cut diamond-set pocket watch with original gold and champleve enamel chatelaine, outer glazed protective case and the original fitted case. Two-body, Directoire, case maker’s mark JAB, engraved band, the bezel set with split-pearls, the back with a finely painted on enamel figure of the goddess Ceres holding a cornucopia in a classical landscape, royal blue guilloche ground, lozenge shaped border outlined in white and translucent blue enamel, gold surround with fine white champleve enamel birds, foliage and cornucopiae translucent blue and red enamel flower highlights and rose-cut diamond-set accents, splitpearl border. Chatelaine : three-strand links, the outer two decorated with blue and white champleve enamel flowers, the central links with engraved gold flowerhead, two navette-shaped gold panels decorated with fine white champleve enamel flowers, the larger panel with a standing putto in a landscape, translucent blue enamel borders and outer seed pearl borders, two pearl and gold wire tassels and a key en-suite. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic fifteen minute numerals, winding aperture at 2 o’clock. Pierced gold hands. 39 mm., matte gilt, full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance with flat bal
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17
