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Very Fine Triple Cased Gold Verge Pocket Watch with Enamel Miniature
Estimated price for orientation: 7 300 $
Category: Pocket Watches
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Description Brand: Does not apply Year of Manufacture: 1780 MPN: Does not apply Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom Material: Gold Age: 1780 Closure: Open Face Display: Analog Movement: Mechanical (Key-winding) Escapement Type: Cylinder EAN: Does not apply
Item Description A late 18th Century French verge in gold and enamel pair cases and glazed protective outer. Full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands. Plain gold inner case with gold pendant and bow, circular gilt shutter to the winding aperture fitted internally, a slot cut to allow it to be moved. Gold outer case, the bezels engraved and decorated with champleve enamel. The back set with fine polychrome enamel portrait of a young lady. Third protective outer case with glazed back, the covering to the gilt bezels now lacking. Circa 1780 Diameter [pair case] 45 mm Signed Les Frs Esquivillion & DeChoudens
Description
| Brand: | Does not apply | Year of Manufacture: | 1780 |
| MPN: | Does not apply | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United Kingdom |
| Material: | Gold | Age: | 1780 |
| Closure: | Open Face | Display: | Analog |
| Movement: | Mechanical (Key-winding) | Escapement Type: | Cylinder |
| EAN: | Does not apply |
Item Description
A late 18th Century French verge in gold and enamel pair cases and glazed protective outer. Full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands. Plain gold inner case with gold pendant and bow, circular gilt shutter to the winding aperture fitted internally, a slot cut to allow it to be moved. Gold outer case, the bezels engraved and decorated with champleve enamel. The back set with fine polychrome enamel portrait of a young lady. Third protective outer case with glazed back, the covering to the gilt bezels now lacking.
Circa 1780 Diameter [pair case] 45 mm Signed Les Frs Esquivillion & DeChoudens