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Index No. A5322 Gold French Verge with Erotic Enamelled Scene
A late 18th Century French verge in a gold consular case set with a portrait miniature concealing an erotic enamel scene. 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. Winding through the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, later gilt hands. Gold and enamel consular case, the back decorated with an oval polychrome portrait miniature of a young woman within a border of small split pearls. Under the back cover a polychrome enamel erotic scene depicting a couple being observed by a priest.
SignedAutray a Paris
ConditionCirca 1780
CaseExcellent.
DialVery good. Diameter 41 mm
MovementExcellent.
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