Lot Essay
US$2,000-3,000
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FROM A FAMILY TRUST
THE LUTE
DE NOVILLE. A PINK GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET LUTE-FORM VERGE WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
SIGNED DE NOVILLE, VIENNE, CIRCA 1840
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DE NOVILLE. A PINK GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET LUTE-FORM VERGE WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
Signed De Noville, Vienne, circa 1840
With hinged gilt brass verge movement, chain fusée, plain three arm balance, pierced and engraved cock, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel Breguet hands, concealed beneath a hinged blue guilloché enamel base with white champlevé enamel border, the lute-form case with red and green guilloché enamel soundboard with a central painted pink, white, yellow and blue cherub, with blue champlevé enamel band, to the horn-shaped neck enhanced by gold strings, red enamelled pushpiece and a pearl-set bridge, movement signed
61 mm. high
Signed De Noville, Vienne, circa 1840
With hinged gilt brass verge movement, chain fusée, plain three arm balance, pierced and engraved cock, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel Breguet hands, concealed beneath a hinged blue guilloché enamel base with white champlevé enamel border, the lute-form case with red and green guilloché enamel soundboard with a central painted pink, white, yellow and blue cherub, with blue champlevé enamel band, to the horn-shaped neck enhanced by gold strings, red enamelled pushpiece and a pearl-set bridge, movement signed
61 mm. high