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US$8,000-12,000
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Property From An Important Private Asian Collection
ILBERY. A GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE DUPLEX WATCH
SIGNED ILBERY, LONDON, NO. 6865, CIRCA 1830
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ILBERY. A GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE DUPLEX WATCH
Signed Ilbery, London, No. 6865, circa 1830
With engraved gilt-finished movement with duplex escapement, five arm flat rim steel balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands, subsidiary seconds, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel rustic scene depicting two young girls feeding a hen and chicks, the bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed (three seed pearls deficient)
51 mm. diam.
Signed Ilbery, London, No. 6865, circa 1830
With engraved gilt-finished movement with duplex escapement, five arm flat rim steel balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands, subsidiary seconds, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel rustic scene depicting two young girls feeding a hen and chicks, the bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed (three seed pearls deficient)
51 mm. diam.