A FINE AND RARE ENAMEL AND PEARL SET GOLD MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TWO-TRAIN POCKET WATCH IN THE FORM OF A ROSE,
Swiss, circa 1820.
the gilt movement with hanging barrels, cylinder escapement and playing music at will or on the hour on pin disc and eighteen teeth, the painted enamel dial depicting a landscape surmounted by two polychrome automata as musicians, the white enamel eccentric Roman chapter ring with blued steel hands and sweep seconds, the gold case in the form of a rose, the serpentine pendant set with seed pearls extending to the centre of the back to represent the stalk of the flower, the case delicately painted with petals and leaves and a partially opened bud, the bezel similarly decorated, the rims to front and back with dark blue wheat ear cloisonne enamel design, the band set with seed pearls, scratch marked Melleret, Geneve, under the bezel, diameter 48mm.