5,000 CHF
EUTERPE Adet, Swiss, No. 10660. Made circa 1800. Fine, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch. Two-body, Empire, the bezel set with half-pearls, the back decorated with a painted on enamel portrait of Euterpe playing a tambourine, translucent royal blue background over sunray engine-turning, pearl-set swag above. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, winding aperture at 2. Gold arrow hands. 34mm., matte gilt full-plate, conical pillars, fuse and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, fl at balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-03-11