| An early 19th Century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel case in the form of a basket. 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 Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Pearl set gold case decorated with fully restored polychrome enamel. The basket on both sides of dark blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground. The polychrome scene on the front of a cupid and on the back a spray of flowers, both on a black ground. The front opened by depressing a button in the pendant.
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