Sale 8894
London, South Kensington
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11 October 2000
Price realised
GBP 294
Estimate
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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