Blonnay. An unusual flat 18 carat gold and enamel verge watch

SIGNED BLONNAY, CIRCA 1795

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Blonnay. An unusual flat 18 carat gold and enamel verge watch
Signed Blonnay, circa 1795
With flat gilt finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, the foot with an applied gilt plate with an engraved inscription, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, skeletonised gilt hands, the case with a blue and white enamel floral and dot decoration to bezel and pendant, the reverse with a gold scene of a dog in a landscape to the bottom and floral and foliage decoration to the top, both on light brown enamel background and centred by an oval painted polychrome enamel panel depicting a classical scene on translucent blue guilloché enamel, the later added gilt metal outer case with crystal back, dial and movement signed
56 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

The engraved inscription on the movement reads 'A la Baronne d'Arberg fidèle lectrice de S.M. l'Impératrice Joséphine, notre mère regrettée, qui rendit son âme à Dieu le 29 Mai, le jour de Pentecote 1814 La Malmaison l'an 1814, Hortense-Eugène'

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