| An 18th Century Swiss verge in diamond set gilt and enamel pair cases. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, garnet endstone in polished steel setting. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, silver regulator dial. Signed
white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Gilt pair cases, plain inner case with number corresponding to that on the movement. Engraved outer case, the front bezel set with a row of small diamonds. The back with an oval polychrome enamel portrait of a lady, roses in her hair, retained by a diamond set pierced mask over a blue enamel ground
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