Graupner, Berlin

A RARE GOLD AND RUBY RED GLASS MOUNTED SINGLE CASED VERGE WATCH WITH MATCHING CHATELAINE CIRCA 1750, NO.197

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain flat three-arm balance, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, silver regulation plate, baluster pillars, fusee and chain, signed and numbered Graupner, Berlin, 197
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gilt filigree hands, aperture for winding, signed and numbered Graupner, Berlin
• Case: the back and bezel of gold mounted red glass, diamond-set thumb-piece
• Chatelaine: composed of three ruby red glass panels, each mounted within gold cartouches chased with scrolls and flowers, two similarly decorated pendant chains terminating to one side with a red glass mounted key and to the other in a red glass bonbonnière, the chatelaine backed with gilt-metal panels and pendant hook
width 50mm, length overall 190mm

Provenance:
Christie's Geneva, 13 May 1981, lot 250