| An early 19th Century French verge in a pearl set gold and enamel case. 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. Gold
engine turned dial, black enamel Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Gold open face case, the bezels set with two rows of small split pearls. The back decorated with fully restored polychrome enamel scene of a formal garden, the sky of blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground. Round pendant with a button to open the sprung front bezel.
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