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Lot Essay
US$3,000-5,000
Such finely enamelled and pearl-set form-watches were particulary popular amongst Chinese ladies and were worn as pieces of jewellery. Often made by the famous watchmakers and goldsmiths in Geneva, the shapes including fruits, flowers, animals, insects and others.
Examples of such form watches are illustrated in The Chinese Watch by Alfred Chapuis, Chapter XIV, "Jewelled Watches". For a similar venus shell-shaped pendant watch see Fantasy Watches - Gems of the Craftman's Art from there Therese Bloch-Bauer Collection by Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, pp. 52 & 53, pl. 35.
Such finely enamelled and pearl-set form-watches were particulary popular amongst Chinese ladies and were worn as pieces of jewellery. Often made by the famous watchmakers and goldsmiths in Geneva, the shapes including fruits, flowers, animals, insects and others.
Examples of such form watches are illustrated in The Chinese Watch by Alfred Chapuis, Chapter XIV, "Jewelled Watches". For a similar venus shell-shaped pendant watch see Fantasy Watches - Gems of the Craftman's Art from there Therese Bloch-Bauer Collection by Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, pp. 52 & 53, pl. 35.