| An 18th Century Swiss verge in paste set gold and enamel pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock with garnet endstone, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and
wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gold hands. Plain gold inner case, gold pendant and bow, number corresponding to that on the movement. Gold outer case with applied two colour gold decoration, the front bezel set with a row of pastes. Fully restored oval polychrome enamel portrait of a young lady within a pierced white metal border of
pastes set above a dark blue enamel ground.
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