2,596 CHF
“Country Flowers” J(u)l(ie)n Le Roy, A Paris, No. 2938. Swiss made circa 1750. Fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel pocket watch. Two-body, “Louis XV”, the back painted with a ribbon-tied bouquet of flowers, the interior painted with a small bouquet of roses and violets, bezel painted with flowers. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 4 o’clock. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 37 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock, silver regulation disc. Movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
