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US$10,000-15,000
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SIGNED ILBERY, LONDON, NO. 6811, CIRCA 1820
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ILBERY. A FINE GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE DUPLEX WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Signed Ilbery, London, No. 6811, circa 1820
With highly engraved gilt-finished movement, duplex escapement, plain five arm steel balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic fifteen minute divisions, gilt spoon hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel scene depicting two young girls with a dog at their feet in a classical landscape, against a bright blue guilloché enamel ground, to the champlevé enamel bezels, pendant and plain bow, movement signed and numbered
58 mm. diam.
Signed Ilbery, London, No. 6811, circa 1820
With highly engraved gilt-finished movement, duplex escapement, plain five arm steel balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic fifteen minute divisions, gilt spoon hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel scene depicting two young girls with a dog at their feet in a classical landscape, against a bright blue guilloché enamel ground, to the champlevé enamel bezels, pendant and plain bow, movement signed and numbered
58 mm. diam.