Lot Essay
A similar mandolin-form watch is illustrated in Montres de fantaisie by Oswaldo Patrizzi-Fabienne X. Sturm, pl. 7.
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UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1830
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Swiss. An 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set mandolin-form watch
Unsigned, circa 1830
With gilt-finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, all hinged within a mandolin-form case with semi-ovalat body decorated with white and black champlevé enamel sheets of music on green champlevé enamel foliage decoration, all on blue guilloché enamel, surrounded by a polychrome champlevé enamel and pearl-set foliage decoration, the soundboard with white and green champlevé enamel and pearl-set decoration on scarlet guilloché enamel, the balance cock exposed through the sound hole, the white and black champlevé enamel neck with six twisted gold strings leading to the stylised gold tuning pegs, unsigned
68 mm. long
Unsigned, circa 1830
With gilt-finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, all hinged within a mandolin-form case with semi-ovalat body decorated with white and black champlevé enamel sheets of music on green champlevé enamel foliage decoration, all on blue guilloché enamel, surrounded by a polychrome champlevé enamel and pearl-set foliage decoration, the soundboard with white and green champlevé enamel and pearl-set decoration on scarlet guilloché enamel, the balance cock exposed through the sound hole, the white and black champlevé enamel neck with six twisted gold strings leading to the stylised gold tuning pegs, unsigned
68 mm. long