Lot Essay
A similar strawberry-form watch is illustrated in Montres de fantaisie by Oswaldo Patrizzi-Fabienne X. Sturm, pl. 42 and in La Montre Chinoise by Alfred Chapuis, pl. 199.
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820
Details
Swiss. An 18 carat gold, enamel and pearl-set strawberry-form pendant watch
Unsigned, circa 1820
With gilt finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the gilt dial with Roman numerals on polished chapter ring, engine turned centre field, blued steel spade hands, the strawberry-form case with pearl-set decoration on scarlet enamel background, green champlevé enamel and pearl-set stylised leaves, the curved gold pendant and bow simulating the stawberry's stem, together with an associated leather presentation box with silver plate bearing an engraved crown and the engraved inscription Jerome an Jos. Bruno von Mengersen, Cassel, 1809, unsigned
30 mm. long
Unsigned, circa 1820
With gilt finished verge movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the gilt dial with Roman numerals on polished chapter ring, engine turned centre field, blued steel spade hands, the strawberry-form case with pearl-set decoration on scarlet enamel background, green champlevé enamel and pearl-set stylised leaves, the curved gold pendant and bow simulating the stawberry's stem, together with an associated leather presentation box with silver plate bearing an engraved crown and the engraved inscription Jerome an Jos. Bruno von Mengersen, Cassel, 1809, unsigned
30 mm. long