95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 113
Lebet & Fils, Buttes, Suisse, Case No. 26250, 49 mm, 91 g, circa 1850
An exquisite, representative gold enamel hunting case pocket watch produced for the Ottoman market
Case: 18k gold/polychrome enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, side lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
The front of this marvelously preserved hunter watch shows an exquisitely painted oval enamel portrait of an Ottoman statesman. He wears a red fez and his blue uniform is decorated with a stylised gold family tree and a stone-studded brooch. The back of the watch also bears a fine painting: a bouquet of delicate summer flowers, in the background an alpine river with a monopteros on its bank. Both paintings are framed by an opaque white enamel border and gold stars on dark blue ground.
An exquisite, representative gold enamel hunting case pocket watch produced for the Ottoman market
Case: 18k gold/polychrome enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, side lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
The front of this marvelously preserved hunter watch shows an exquisitely painted oval enamel portrait of an Ottoman statesman. He wears a red fez and his blue uniform is decorated with a stylised gold family tree and a stone-studded brooch. The back of the watch also bears a fine painting: a bouquet of delicate summer flowers, in the background an alpine river with a monopteros on its bank. Both paintings are framed by an opaque white enamel border and gold stars on dark blue ground.
estimated
8.500—10.000 €
Price realized
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