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Index No. A5717 Gold and Enamel French Cylinder
A late 18th Century French cylinder in a gold and enamel case with protective outer.  Full plate gilt movement with resting barrel.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Blue steel regulator, index engraved on the plate. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Wound through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Fine small gold and enamel consular case.  Polychrome scene of two figures in a garden painted on translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground.  Champleve enamel gold front bezel opened by depressing a button in the pendant.  Gilt metal protective outer with glazed back.
SignedRousier & Melly a Paris
ConditionCirca 1790
CaseVery good.
DialExcellent but a small chip by the winding aperture. Diameter 36 mm
MovementExcellent.
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