.jpg?w=1)
Details
A VERY FINE 18K GOLD REPOUSSE QUARTER REPEATING PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH, BY JONATHAN LOWNDES
With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusee, finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated balance cock and foot, plain three arm brass balance, repeating on two hammers onto a bell, the engine-turned gilt dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, the inner case with finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated band, repeating through the pendant, the outer case with finely chased, pierced and embossed scroll and foliage decorated bezel, the reverse centred by a chased and embossed mythological scene in high relief, dial and movement signed, 53mm diam.
Signed Jonathan Lowndes, London, in Pallmall, circa 1770
With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusee, finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated balance cock and foot, plain three arm brass balance, repeating on two hammers onto a bell, the engine-turned gilt dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, the inner case with finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated band, repeating through the pendant, the outer case with finely chased, pierced and embossed scroll and foliage decorated bezel, the reverse centred by a chased and embossed mythological scene in high relief, dial and movement signed, 53mm diam.
Signed Jonathan Lowndes, London, in Pallmall, circa 1770
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.