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November 10, 02:35 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Jean-Baptiste Baillon, Paris
A gold and enamel quarter repeating verge watch with chatelaine
Circa 1760
Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, open work hands, signed J Baptiste Baillon
Movement: gilt full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, round baluster pillars, chain and fusee, repeating à toc to blocks mounted inside the case, signed and numbered J. Baptiste Baillon, A Paris, 4007
Case: gold and enamel, The back with domestic scene in polychrome enamel within a chased and engraved scrollwork surround, the bezels with enamel panels simulating lapis lazuli and dendritic agate, plunge pendant for repeating, pulse piece to the bezel, stamped and numbered E, 297
Chatelaine: enamelled with domestic genre scenes, the separate chain formed of shaped oval ornaments enamelled in white to simulate lapis lazuli and dendritic agate, two further chains holding an associated rose gold watch key with integrated date indication, engraved with a gardening and musical trophies and a gold-mounted citrine fob seal with enamelled mounts, the matrix engraved with the coat of arms of the Siennese families Cambiaso and de Vecchi, reverse marked for Jean-Marc-Anton Ecosse, Paris
Dimensions: diameter 46 mm, length including chatelain approximately 165 mm