Lot Essay
A similar shoe-form watch is illustrated in Montres de fantaisie by Oswaldo Patrizzi-Fabienne X. Sturm, pl. 36
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1810
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Swiss. A rare 18 carat gold and enamel shoe-form verge watch
Unsigned, circa 1810
With gilt finished lever movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gilt pear hands, all hinged within a shoe-form case with engraved gold floral decoration on translucent scarlet guilloché enamel, the bottom, heel and inside with polychrome champlevé enamel decoration, together with a later added 18 carat gold chain and gold and enamel bow, unsigned
48 mm. long
Unsigned, circa 1810
With gilt finished lever movement, engraved and pierced cock, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gilt pear hands, all hinged within a shoe-form case with engraved gold floral decoration on translucent scarlet guilloché enamel, the bottom, heel and inside with polychrome champlevé enamel decoration, together with a later added 18 carat gold chain and gold and enamel bow, unsigned
48 mm. long