AN ESQUIVILLON & DE CHOUDENS SMALL GOLD PAIR CASE VERGE ESCAPEMENT WATCH

Description: AN ESQUIVILLON & DE CHOUDENS SMALL GOLD PAIR CASE VERGE ESCAPEMENT WATCH
Gilt fullplate movement with fusee, engraved balance bridge cock. Verge escapement. The fullplate signed frf Esquivillon De Choudens, with serial number 29029. The face with white enamel dial, Roman numerals for the hours and a subsidiary Arabic ring for the minutes, with two-tone gilt and steel hands, the centre signed. The gold inner case marked 'I' with matching serial number. The outer case with glass gems arranged in foliate patterns, the reverse with a polychome enamel portrait of a lady.
Diameter: 44mm

PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney

OTHER NOTES:
Les Frères Esquillion et De Choudens are listed in Paris between 1765 and 1830