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Rare Ballooning Scene Three Colour Gold Verge
A late 18th Century French verge in a three colour gold consular case depicting an early ballooning scene. 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, gilt Breguet hands. Rare three colour gold consular case, applied engraved gold decoration to the back depicting two figure in classical garden waving to a balloon in the sky. Bezels with applied gold foliate decoration.
Circa 1785£3,200.00 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 -
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 -
Gold Centre Seconds English Verge
A late 18th Century centre seconds English verge in gold pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover. Pierced and engraved masked cock, diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Lateral steel stop lever acting on the contrate wheel. White enamel dial with centre seconds, small chapter offset at twelve for the hours and minutes. Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel sweep seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain 22 carat gold pair cases. The inner with unusual hallmarks, maker’s mark “HLP” in a rectangle and date letter “Y” in a large oval. Contemporary 22 carat gold outer case with Dublin hallmarks, maker’s mark “AN”.
Circa 1790£3,500.00 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 -
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 -
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 -
Double Sided Mock Pendulum Verge with Compass
A rare double sided French verge with mock pendulum and compass in a silver case. Full plate gilt fusee movement under a signed engine turned mask, glazed circular aperture revealing the engraved bridge cock. Gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, mock pendulum visible through the semi-circular aperture, diamond endstone in a polished steel setting. The regulator dial engraved on the silver mask above the balance cock, blue steel indicator. Engine turned silver dial, subsidiary marked in Roman numerals for time a six o’clock, the gilt hands set by the central square. Subsidiaries for functioning compass and seconds, both in glazed circular apertures. Applied oval gold cartouche at twelve engraved with a monogram. Silver case with engine turned middle glazed on both sides, broad oval pendant and bow.
Circa 1800£4,800.00 Add to cart -
Unusual Silver Calendar Verge
An early 19th Century French verge with calendar and seconds in a silver drum shaped 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. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, subsidiaries for seconds, date and day in French. Arabic numerals, gilt subsidiary hands, blue steel hands. Unusual drum shaped plain silver open face case, the top plate of the movement almost as large a the dial plate, movement secured by two screws. The back with maker’s mark “J – B over “M” in a diamond and French hallmarks.
Circa 1800£1,600.00 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 -
Gold English Cylinder with Gold Dial
An early 19th Century English cylinder with two colour gold dial in an engine turned gold case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement fixed in the case by three blue steel dog screws. Engraved cock with large garnet endstone visible through the pierced cuvette. Plain three arm polished steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, silver regulator on the engraved gilt plate. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel. Fine gold dial, matted ground with applied gold decoration to the centre. Applied gold Arabic numerals, fine serpentine blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle. Wound through the signed and numbered gilt cuvette pierced to reveal the table of the cock. Maker’s mark “LC”.
Hallmarked London 1810£3,500.00 Add to cart
