8,125 CHF
VIVIEN & CIE – GOLD & ENAMEL PURSE WATCH Vivien & Cie à Genève. No. 6196. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare, lady’s gold purse with Geneva painted on enamel landscape and concealed watch. Two-body silk lined purse with foliate and fl oral engraving, hinged and sprung oval cover concealing the dial set with a fi nely painted on enamel panel depicting a building on the shores of Lake Geneva. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, gold dial mask engraved with fl owers. Gold Breguet hands. 29 mm., matte gilt, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, fl at balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Dim. 80 x 55 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13