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AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED LEVER WATCH WITH FIVE POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED PORTRAIT MINIATURES CIRCA 1875

• Movement: frosted gilt bar, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, unsigned
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, sunken subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands
• Case: gold, the front with blue enamel monogram SLS, the back with polychrome enamel painted coat of arms with motto in gott allein, the inside front cover with polychrome enamel painted portrait miniature of a lady, the case back with portrait of a girl to the inside, gold cuvette with portrait of a young lady, the cuvette opening to reveal two further enamel panels, each with a portrait of a young girl, the miniatures all with decorative chased and engraved borders
diameter 53.5mm

Provenance:
Christie's Geneva, 7 November 1977, lot 142A
Aachener Auktionshaus Dr. Crott & Schmelzer, Auktion XIV, 26 April 1980, lot 131a