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Small Gold and Enamel French Verge

£3,200.00

A late 18th Century French verge in a gold and enamel open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Round pillars. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals for both hours and minutes, the minute markings unusually large, decorative gold hands.  Small gold and enamel open face case with secret hinge, long round gold pendant and bow.  Gold bezels with translucent green enamel and miniature white enamel dots to imitate split pearls.  The centre of the back similarly decorated and surrounded by a broad band of light blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground.

Technical Specifications

Reference Number
A1311
Circa
1780
Signed
Vauchez en la Cite  a Paris
Dimensions
Diameter   31 mm         
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