Czapek i Spólka, w Genève

A LADY'S GOLD AND ENAMEL OPEN-FACED CYLINDER WATCH MADE FOR THE POLISH MARKET CIRCA 1847, NO. 2359

• Movement: gilded bar cylinder, plain flat three-arm balance, signed Czapek et Cie, à Genève
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel moon hands
• Case: 18ct gold, the back with polychrome enamel painted central plaque depicting a pensive putti amongst clouds, borders of white champlevé enamel heightened with gold scrolling flowers and foliage, polished bezels, milled band, gold cuvette with apertures for winding/handset and engraved with movement details and signed Czapek i Spólka, w Genève, case and cuvette numbered 2359
diameter 30.5mm

Provenance:
Habsburg Feldman, Antiquorum Geneva, 15 October 1989, lot 240
Antiquorum Hong Kong, 25 November 2006, lot 132