Sale 1348
Geneva
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12 November 2007
Price realised
CHF 10,000
Estimate
Theodore Avril. A fine and unusual 18K gold and porcelain verge watch Signed Theodore Avril, No. 2878, circa 1770 With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, finely pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, pierced gold hands, the white porcelain and gold case with red painted floral decorated bezel, the reverse with a red painted scene depicting three cherubs in a classical landscape, red painted flowers to the inside, movement signed 52 mm. diam.
Provenance
The Dr. Bodo Slingenberg Collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 29 March 2001, lot 343.
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