1,770 CHF
“Invitation to Dance” J. Newham, London, No. 1680. Made circa 1750. Fine, gilt metal and painted on enamel pair cased pocket watch. Outer: two-body, gilt metal bezel borders, the back painted with a three figures in an architectural landscape, the bezel decorated with flowers; inner: two-body, polished. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals. Blued steel “beetle and poker” hands. 31 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved cock, silver regulation disc. Movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. To be sold without reserve
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
