97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 184

George Koch à Genève, 85 x 22 mm, 47 g, circa 1840
An elegant, diamond-set gold enamel lorgnette with concealed watch and enamelled watch key for the Ottoman market
Case: gold and enamel, old cut diamonds. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, cylinder escapement.
The folded lorgnette is released by a pusher in the band. The case is finely engraved on both sides with flowers and foliage. The front with hinged watch cover overlaid with translucent cobalt blue enamel over engine-turned ground, centered with a diamond-set flower tendril.

Sold

estimated
13.00016.000 €
Price realized
14.900 €