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US$9,500-12,000
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A BELLE EPOQUE DIAMOND AND PEARL PENDANT WATCH WITH ASSOCIATED NECKCHAIN
Details
A BELLE EPOQUE DIAMOND AND PEARL PENDANT WATCH WITH ASSOCIATED NECKCHAIN
With nickel finished jewelled lever movement, the dial showing a hand-painted dancing nymph on a blue ground with Arabic numerals and blued steel moon-style hands, the reverse depicting a classical garden scene, within concentric rose-cut diamond and seed pearl surround, to the associated diamond and pearl fancy-link neckchain, watch circa 1910, 48.0 cm.
Dial signed Paillet
With nickel finished jewelled lever movement, the dial showing a hand-painted dancing nymph on a blue ground with Arabic numerals and blued steel moon-style hands, the reverse depicting a classical garden scene, within concentric rose-cut diamond and seed pearl surround, to the associated diamond and pearl fancy-link neckchain, watch circa 1910, 48.0 cm.
Dial signed Paillet
Further details
Fernand Paillet was born in Niort, France circa 1840 and died in February 1918. A pupil of Carrier-Belleuse, he mainly painted portraits on enamel, porcelain and in watercolour. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1873. He worked in the Sèvres factory from 1879 through to 1888. Schildhof, Lex R., "Miniature in Europe II In the 16 - 17 - 18 & 19th Centuries", Austria, 1964, p.607