Sale 9421
London, South Kensington
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26 June 2002
Price realised
GBP 3,290
Estimate
A RARE SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE "ADAM & EVE" POCKET WATCH Francois Dominice A Geneve, circa 1720. gilt fusee movement with baluster pillars, the backplate set with a polychrome enamel panel depicting Adam & Eve, the engraved chamfered collet signed Francois Dominice, A Geneve, silver champleve dial with Roman numerals, arcaded minute ring and outer Arabic five minutes, eccentric winding hole, aperture for regulation, signed in a cartouche Dominice, pierced gilt hands, plain inner case with glazed aperture, plain outer case with aperture, diameter 53mm.
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