Enamel & Decorative Watches
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Large Silver and Horn Calendar Verge
A large late 18th Century Austrian calendar verge in silver and underpainted horn case. Large full plate gilt fusee movement with unusual sprung dust ring. 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. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, central date calendar, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Large plain silver consular case, long silver pendant and bow. Protective outer with silver bezels covered in horn underpainted green and brown, secured by silver pique pins.
Circa 1790£2,100.00 Add to cart -
Diamond Set Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch
A late 19th Century English diamond and pearls gold and enamel consular cased watch with matching chatelaine. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with round pillars. Geometrically pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Converted to English table roller lever escapement. Winding through the white enamel dial with radially set Arabic numerals, decorative stone set hands. Fine gold consular case set with diamonds and pearls. The translucent dark blue enamel bezels bordered by a narrow white enamel band are both set with a single row of large split pearls. The back covered with translucent dark blue enamel over a line engine turned ground, applied white metal decoration set with diamonds. Gold pendant and bow. Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip supporting a small rectangular gold and champleve enamel cartouche bordered by split pearls. Three chains of pearls, each with a small diamond set gold and enamel link attach to a further large oval cartouche similarly decorated. This suspends the watch on pearl set links and a pearl set gold spring clip with threaded safety collar. The oval cartouche also supports two diamond set gold and enamel bells with tassels of graduated pearls and a matching gold and enamel key. Later black morocco covered presentation case lined with gray velvet.
Circa 1790£23,000.00 Add to cart -
Exceptionally Rare Virgule Chatelaine Watch
An exceptionally rare late 18th Century Swiss centre seconds virgule with wolf’s teeth train wheels in a gold and enamel case and matching chatelaine. Unusual calibre keywind gilt movement, suspended going barrel with blue and polished steel stopwork. Plain gilt cocks for the balance and escape wheel with polished steel coquerets. Plain three arm gilt balance mounted below the gold virgule escape wheel, blue steel spiral hairspring. The polished steel regulator situated below the balance fitted with a blue steel screw to adjust but no index provided. The barrel, all train wheels and pinions with wolf’s teeth profile. Fine signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands. Fine gold and enamel case, the sprung back opened by depressing a button in the gold pendant. Signed and numbered gilt cuvette, small steel lever at the edge to stop the balance. The bezels in translucent blue and white enamel with gilt decoration. The back bordered with a repeat of the pattern, a large polychrome coat of arms on translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. Long matching macaroni gold and enamel chatelaine, the cartouches joined by four gold chains. The two inner chains of translucent dark blue enamel with gilt decoration on both faces. Gold rectangular cartouche of translucent dark blue enamel on both faces with a border matching that on the bezels of the watch. Large gold octagonal cartouche similarly decorated, on one side the coat of arms is repeated and the other the family crest. Three further short chains, the centre chain with a matching gold and enamel key a geometric pattern on one side and family crest on the other.
Circa 1790£33,000.00 Add to cart -
Pearl Set Gold and Enamel Swiss Verge
A late 18th Century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel gold case. Slim 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. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Gold and enamel case, bezels set with a small single row of split pearls. Finely painted polychrome enamel scene of the huntress Diana and Cupid. Rectangular gold pendant with a button to open the sprung front bezel.
Circa 1790£7,500.00 Add to cart -
Gold and Enamel French Verge
A late 18th Century French verge in an unusually enamelled gold open face 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. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold tipped polished steel hands. Gold and enamel open face case, the champleve enamel sprung bezel opened by a button in the pendant. The large oval scene on the back of a young lady and cherub in an unusual technique of polychrome enamel raised over a partially visible gold ground. Oval border of graduated split pearls surrounded by translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. Rectangular gold and enamel pendant.
Circa 1790£5,250.00 Add to cart -
Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Repeating Virgule
A late 18th Century quarter repeating Swiss virgule in a diamond and pearl set gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Rare virgule escapement, large brass escape wheel. Push pendant dumb quarter repeating on two blocks in the case. Winding through the unusual white enamel dial with Roman numerals at the quarters, Arabic numerals between them. Decorative pierced gold hands. Fine gold consular case, translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. The bezel and back both set with a single row of large split pearls. Applied white metal decoration on the back set with diamonds. Gold push pendant and bow. Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip faced with gold and champleve enamel, an oval in the centre between two split pearls One side supports the watch on two short chains, alternating square links decorated on both sides in gold and translucent dark blue enamel bordered in white. These terminate in a spring clip with threaded safety collar. The centre with a gold and enamel bell with tassels of graduated pearls supported by a row of pearls. The other side of the clip matching chain with two gold and enamel pearl set rectangular cartouches each set with a central split pearl. The lower cartouche bordered by a row of split pearls supports the accessories three further matching chains. The central chain with a matching gold and enamel oval key. The outer chains with slightly small versions of the tassel at the centre of the clip. Fitted in an unusually shaped red morocco covered case.
Circa 1790£22,000.00 Add to cart -
Rare Napoleonic Automaton Verge
A rare late 18th Century verge automaton depicting the battle of Arcola in a silver pair cases. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with endstone in a polished steel setting, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. White enamel dial, small subsidiary of Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. The lower half of the dial in polychrome enamel depicting the battle of Arcola. Napoleon on the left bearing a flag, riding a black horse onto the bridge followed by his troops. On the right Croatian and Austrian forces firing cannon. In the centre of the bridge a semi-circular opening reveals a rotating disc painted with cavalry riders appearing to charge across the bridge as the watch runs. Above the scene the text “Bataille bei Arcola gewonnen von Bonaparte – d16ten Novbr 1795”. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, the inner only bearing faded hallmarks.
Hallmarked London 1795£5,000.00 Add to cart -
Silver Pair Cased Windmill Automaton
A late 18th Century English verge with windmill automaton dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial, the centre with a polychrome enamel scene of a central windmill, its gold sails rotating on the contrate wheel arbor situated below twelve. The riverside scene with a church and bridge in the background. In the foreground a fisherman on the bank. Narrow chapter of Arabic numerals, gold hands. Silver pair cases, plain inner with maker’s mark “TC” in a rectangle. Contemporary silver outer case of excellent fit with an engraved monogram. Lateral steel stop lever acting in the contrate wheel.
Hallmarked London 1795£3,300.00 Add to cart -
Pearl Set Gold and Enamel Watch
A late 18th Century pearl set gold and enamel watch. Later fitted keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, pierced gold hands. Gold consular case, the bezels set with a row of split pearls. Gold back of translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground, decorated with a polychrome scene of a couple sitting in a garden. Numbered rectangular gold and enamel pendant.
Circa 1800£4,200.00 Add to cart -
Unusual Painted Dial Silver Pair Cased Verge
A late 18th Century English verge with unusual painted dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with turned pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Unusual enamel dial painted wit a rural scene, the time shown on a small chapter of Roman numerals on the clock tower of a church in the foreground. Two gentlemen are depicted shaking hands on the path leading to the church, gravestones on either side. Behind them a windmill stands beside a river. Matching plain silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, lateral steel stop lever, maker’s mark “SB” in a rectangle.
Hallmarked London 1800£2,500.00 Add to cart -
Miniature Pearl Set Watch
A late 18th Century cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case richly set with pearls. Unusual full plate gilt keywind movement with resting barrel under an engraved cover. Recessed plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring under a sector shaped cock. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Wound through the signed fully restored white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold hands. Small gold case, the split pearl set front bezel opened by depressing the button in the rectangular gold and enamel pendant. The back set with a geometric pattern of split pearls. Dark green presentation case.
Circa 1800£3,200.00 Add to cart -
Silver Verge with Enamelled Fishing Scene
An early 19th Century English verge with polychrome enamel dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Fine white enamel dial with a polychrome enamel riverside scene depicting a fisherman by an arched bridge. Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow. The inner case engraved “Sam Taylor” and the outer a faded monogram, maker’s mark “WL” below a stag.
Hallmarked London 1809£950.00 Add to cart
