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UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820
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SWISS. A FINE AND VERY RARE 18K GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET LYRE-FORM MUSICAL WATCH WITH THREE FIGURE AUTOMATON AND VISIBLE BALANCE, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820
Gilt-finished cylinder escapement, front small white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary decorative diamond-set balance all within a light blue enamel background, gilt and white enamel floral and urn design, time dial flanked by translucent red guilloché enamel, pearl-set bezel, lyre-form case scrolled sides front and back with black enamel, stylized Swan neck heads, all set with pearls, blue enamel and gilt motif to the base, the reverse a polychrome enamel pastoral scene, musical automata with three multi-coloured gilt figures moving in time to the music, the lady to the left playing a hurdy-gurdy, her arm moving up and down, seated boy beating the drum, gentleman dancing, gilt-finished musical pin barrel movement concealed under the automata, top of the lyre surmounted by two chased doves, unsigned
60mm length
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820
Gilt-finished cylinder escapement, front small white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary decorative diamond-set balance all within a light blue enamel background, gilt and white enamel floral and urn design, time dial flanked by translucent red guilloché enamel, pearl-set bezel, lyre-form case scrolled sides front and back with black enamel, stylized Swan neck heads, all set with pearls, blue enamel and gilt motif to the base, the reverse a polychrome enamel pastoral scene, musical automata with three multi-coloured gilt figures moving in time to the music, the lady to the left playing a hurdy-gurdy, her arm moving up and down, seated boy beating the drum, gentleman dancing, gilt-finished musical pin barrel movement concealed under the automata, top of the lyre surmounted by two chased doves, unsigned
60mm length
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