6,250 CHF
Le Roy – Dans Le Boudoir Chs. Le Roy à Paris, No. 6343. Made circa 1750. Very fine and rare, Louis XV, 18K gold pocket watch with painted on enamel concealed erotic scene. Three-body, Louis XV, the bezel chased with a repeated design, polished hinged back cover, opening to reveal the inner dome and painted on enamel scene of a couple in their boudoir, engraved border. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Pierced gold hands. 33 mm., matte gilt, full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental pierced and chased cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Diam. 41 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15
