NOCTURNE, NO.2363, RETAILED BY CARTIER, PARIS. FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Details
A Swiss bronze miniature minute-repeating travel timepiece
nocturne, no.2363, retailed by cartier, paris. first quarter 20th century
The solid case modelled in the Gothic Revival style with grotesque crouching figures resting on pilasters to the front angles, the white enamel Arabic dial with gilt beaded border, retail signature CARTIER PARIS, with blued hands, the single barrel movement with cut bimetallic balance, plunge repeat on two gongs, stamped NOCTURNE and numbered 2363 on the backplate
3.1/3in. (8½in.) high
nocturne, no.2363, retailed by cartier, paris. first quarter 20th century
The solid case modelled in the Gothic Revival style with grotesque crouching figures resting on pilasters to the front angles, the white enamel Arabic dial with gilt beaded border, retail signature CARTIER PARIS, with blued hands, the single barrel movement with cut bimetallic balance, plunge repeat on two gongs, stamped NOCTURNE and numbered 2363 on the backplate
3.1/3in. (8½in.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 30 October 1995, lot 132a.