A GIRARD GILT AND ENAMEL OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH

Description: A GIRARD GILT AND ENAMEL OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH
Gilt fullplate movement with fusee, large pierced and engraved balance cock. Verge escapement. Plain round columns. The fullplate signed D Fredh Othenin Girard, with serial number 8560. The face with enamel dial, Roman chapter ring and outer Arabic ring for the minutes, blued hands and winding hole. The case with rear polychrome enamel scene depicting a lady feeding a bird of prey within a garland border. Paste bezel to front.
French or Swiss, circa 1800.
Diameter 57mm

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28th October - 29th October 2008, Lot 39
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above