SIGNED HEFSEN A PARIS, CIRCA 1820
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Hefsen. An 18 carat gold, enamel and paste-set heart-form verge watch
Signed Hefsen a Paris, circa 1820
With gilt finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, decoratively pierced and paste-set hands, the heart-form case with paste-set bezel and border, polychrome champlevé enamel foliage decoration on translucent blue guilloché enamel, the reverse similarly decorated and centred by an oval painted polychrome enamel scene depicting a couple in a classical landscape, surrounded by the gold inscription L'amour est un bien que l'amitie soutient, dial and movement signed
67 mm. long
Signed Hefsen a Paris, circa 1820
With gilt finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, decoratively pierced and paste-set hands, the heart-form case with paste-set bezel and border, polychrome champlevé enamel foliage decoration on translucent blue guilloché enamel, the reverse similarly decorated and centred by an oval painted polychrome enamel scene depicting a couple in a classical landscape, surrounded by the gold inscription L'amour est un bien que l'amitie soutient, dial and movement signed
67 mm. long