Tavernier à Paris
A GOLD AND POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED SINGLE CASED VERGE WATCH QUARTER REPEATING À TOC CIRCA 1760, NO.348
• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain flat steel three-arm balance, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with scrolling foliage, silver regulation plate, two polished hammers quarter repeating à toc, turned pillars, fusee and chain, signed Tavernier à Paris
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gilt filigree hands, aperture for winding
• Case: gold, the back with restored polychrome enamel painting of a still life with daffodils, roses, grapes, peaches and a parrot, bezels of chased and engraved scrollwork interlaced with translucent green enamel, the front bezel with polychrome enamel painted flowers, paste-set thumb-piece and pendant, lacking pulse piece to bezel
diameter 46mm
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A GOLD AND POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED SINGLE CASED VERGE WATCH QUARTER REPEATING À TOC CIRCA 1760, NO.348
• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain flat steel three-arm balance, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with scrolling foliage, silver regulation plate, two polished hammers quarter repeating à toc, turned pillars, fusee and chain, signed Tavernier à Paris
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gilt filigree hands, aperture for winding
• Case: gold, the back with restored polychrome enamel painting of a still life with daffodils, roses, grapes, peaches and a parrot, bezels of chased and engraved scrollwork interlaced with translucent green enamel, the front bezel with polychrome enamel painted flowers, paste-set thumb-piece and pendant, lacking pulse piece to bezel
diameter 46mm
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