6,600 CHF
Telemachus and Calypso John Turner, London, No. 531. The inner case with London hallmarks for 1724-25. Very fine and rare, 20K gold, repoussé pair-cased pocket watch with silver balance cock. Outer: two-body, repoussé, decorated with a scene of Telemachus and Calypso within a rococo cartouche, border decorated with fruits and flowers, bezel decorated to match. Inner: two-body, "bassine", polished. Gold champleve with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost five-minute Arabic numerals. Blued steel beetle and poker hands. 38 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance with short flat balance spring, unusual glazed silver cock with pierced and engraved foot, large diamond endstone, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 51 mm. Notes Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, July 26, 1990, lot 34.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
