Lot Essay
US$1,500-2,000
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FROM A FAMILY TRUST
H.CAPT, DESUFRY AND SWISS. TWO 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTER CASE CYLINDER WATCHES AND SWISS. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE CYLINDER PENDANT WATCH
SIGNED H. CAPT, CIRCA 1860; DESUFRY, CIRCA 1875 AND UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1860
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H.CAPT, DESUFRY AND SWISS. TWO 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTER CASE CYLINDER WATCHES AND SWISS. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE CYLINDER PENDANT WATCH
Signed H. Capt, circa 1860; DeSufry, circa 1875 and unsigned, circa 1860
Each with gilt-finished cylinder movement, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, with painted polychrome enamel scenes, the first, with two deer in a pastoral setting painted on the front cover, the reverse with a family outside a house near a lake, both panels with black enamel borders and engraved gold floral detail, cuvette signed; the second with a boy seated on the back of a black cow with mountains and a castle in the background, the reverse with an idyllic scene with mountains and a lake and trees in the foreground, cuvette signed and the last, the hinged back painted with a scene depicting a boat on a lake, unsigned
32, 32 and 28 mm. diam.
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Signed H. Capt, circa 1860; DeSufry, circa 1875 and unsigned, circa 1860
Each with gilt-finished cylinder movement, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, with painted polychrome enamel scenes, the first, with two deer in a pastoral setting painted on the front cover, the reverse with a family outside a house near a lake, both panels with black enamel borders and engraved gold floral detail, cuvette signed; the second with a boy seated on the back of a black cow with mountains and a castle in the background, the reverse with an idyllic scene with mountains and a lake and trees in the foreground, cuvette signed and the last, the hinged back painted with a scene depicting a boat on a lake, unsigned
32, 32 and 28 mm. diam.
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