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    11 October 2000

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    • A French gilt-metal, paste gem
    Lot 57

    A French gilt-metal, paste gem set and enamel mounted desk timepiece, late 19th century

    Price realised

    GBP 294

    Estimate

    GBP 200 - GBP 300

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    A French gilt-metal, paste gem set and enamel mounted desk timepiece, late 19th century
    Of triangular form, with floral and butterfly mounts, a Limoges enamel portrait roundel of a lady above the diamond-shaped paper dial decorated with a scene of a classical garden, with paste gem divisions and pierced gilt-metal hands, with watch movement; possibly composite -- 6in. (15cm.) high

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