Lot Essay
US$3,000-4,000
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FROM A FAMILY TRUST
THE LYRE
SWISS. A GOLD, ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND PEARL-SET LYRE-FORM PENDANT WATCH WITH VERGE ESCAPEMENT, CONCEALED DIAL AND EXPOSED BALANCE
UNSIGNED, NO. 883 AND 34, CIRCA 1820
Details
SWISS. A GOLD, ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND PEARL-SET LYRE-FORM PENDANT WATCH WITH VERGE ESCAPEMENT, CONCEALED DIAL AND EXPOSED BALANCE
Unsigned, No. 883 and 34, circa 1820
With full plate gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, exposed pierced and engraved cock, ruby endstone, turned conical pillars, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, concealed in a lyre-form case with red guilloché enamel soundboard, green champlevé enamel flowers, a pearl-set aperture revealing the pierced and engraved cock, to the pearl-set borders, the reverse brown guilloché enamel hinged panel with yellow, green and white champlevé enamel flowers, embellished with split pearls, with pearl-set and black enamelled band, the pendant and waisted base with black enamel accents, unsigned
61 mm. high
Unsigned, No. 883 and 34, circa 1820
With full plate gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, exposed pierced and engraved cock, ruby endstone, turned conical pillars, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, concealed in a lyre-form case with red guilloché enamel soundboard, green champlevé enamel flowers, a pearl-set aperture revealing the pierced and engraved cock, to the pearl-set borders, the reverse brown guilloché enamel hinged panel with yellow, green and white champlevé enamel flowers, embellished with split pearls, with pearl-set and black enamelled band, the pendant and waisted base with black enamel accents, unsigned
61 mm. high