A SWISS GILT-BRASS AND ENAMEL SUB-MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE

NO. 1601. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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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