92nd Auction
2015/11/14
Lot 88
J. Ullmann & Co. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Case No. 83330, 56 mm, 120 g, circa 1895
A rare silver enamel pocket watch studded with half-pearls for the Chinese market
Case: silver, the back cover with a portrait of a lady in period costume against an engine-turned and translucent cobalt blue enamelled ground, the bezels set with half pearls. Dial: enamel, inlaid gold decor, radial Roman hours, centre seconds, blued spade hands. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, lavishly hand-engraved, frosted, gilt, standing barrel, screw compensation balance, finely florally engraved balance cock, side lever escapement.
A rare silver enamel pocket watch studded with half-pearls for the Chinese market
Case: silver, the back cover with a portrait of a lady in period costume against an engine-turned and translucent cobalt blue enamelled ground, the bezels set with half pearls. Dial: enamel, inlaid gold decor, radial Roman hours, centre seconds, blued spade hands. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, lavishly hand-engraved, frosted, gilt, standing barrel, screw compensation balance, finely florally engraved balance cock, side lever escapement.
Sold
estimated
3.000—5.000 €
Price realized
4.600 €