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Lot 499
  • 499

A jewelled silver-gilt, enamel and hardstone timepiece, Austro-Hungarian, late 19th century

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver, enamel, hardstone, brass
  • the first 20 ½ cm, 8 in wide, the second 18.5, 71/4 in high
cast  with the figure of Daniel at the sacrificial altar flanked by an angel and a lion, on lapis veneered steps, the circular dial with earlier watch movement for John Massey, London, the whole further studded with small pearls and garnets; and a silver and enamel timepiece, Austro-Hungarian, circa 1900, the earlier watch movement for Vaucher, Paris, the oval dial surmounted by a spread eagle and supported on the wings of a pelican in its piety, both apparently unmarked