3,750 CHF
Blanc Père & Fils – Montre a Portrait Blanc Père & Fils A Genève, No. 12531. Made circa 1780. Fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel paste-set pendant watch. To be sold without reserve Two-body, Louis XVI, by “BG”, back centered with painted on enamel medallion with a portrait of a lady surrounded by a paste-set frame, translucent imperial blue enamel border with applied filigree paste-set foliate pattern, bezels set with round hubs, paste-set front bezel. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 2 o’clock. Gold Louis XV hands. 32 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Movement signed.Diam. 40 mm. Notes Blanc (Le Blanc) Père (Jean) & Fils, were active from circa 1770 to 1790, making gold and enamel decorative watche
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
