| A late 18th Century French verge in a fine pearl set gold and enamel consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement, the edge of the plate chamfered to allow the case to be slimmer. 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. Verge escapement with unusual pallets formed from cylinders. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, fine pierced gold hands. Gold consular case, the bezels set with a single row of large split pearls. Fully restored gold and polychrome enamel back depicting a formal garden, two classically dressed figures in front of a plain board or mirror on a
easel. Gold and enamel rectangular pendant, a button in the top depressed to open the front bezel.
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