| A late 18th Century French verge in a paste set gilt and enamel case with a concealed erotic scene. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Unusual bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial. Pentagonal baluster pillars. Winding through the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gilt hands.
Gilt metal open face case the back with translucent dark blue enamel ground over engine turning and polychrome scene raised on a paste set bezel. Opening the back reveals a well painted polychrome enamel erotic scene of a couple in an amorous embrace.
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