Lot 55

Les Fréres Mermillon à Geneve, Movement No. 685, Case No. 685, 53 mm, 83 g, circa 1780
An ornamental gold enamel verge pocket watch, studded with half pearls
Case: 18k gold, polychrome enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The back is decorated with a polychrome enamel medallion with exquisite painting on translucent cobalt blue ground with engine-turned pattern. It shows Venus with her son Cupid on her arm and is somewhat reminiscent of classical paintings of the Virgin Mary and Child.
Mermillon Fréres produced watches in Geneva from 1750 to 1780.