Sale 8548
New York, Park Avenue
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30 October 1996
Price realised
USD 4,370
Estimate
A SWISS GILT-BRASS AND ENAMEL SUB-MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE no. 1601. last quarter 19th century The engraved case with chamfered angles, with painted enamel panels to the sides and rear depicting ladies in 18th century costume, one dressed as a shepherdess and the other playing a flute, the circular white enamel Roman dial within an enamel mask painted with a scene of a sheep drinking from a stream, cylinder escapement, stamped 1601 2¼in. (5cm.) high
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