Bonnard a Lausanne, Swiss, circa 1800. «Le paradis terrestre'> Fine and unusual, 18K gold, "Adam and Eve" automaton watch.

C. Double body, Directoire, polished with glazed back. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold hands pierce in interlaced pattern. M. Full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. The back plate is covered with a multicoloured gold panel, finely chased with a scene depicting Adam and Eve in the terrestrial paradise, the automaton serpent revolving on the border. Signed on the dial. Diam. 53 mm.

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1800. "Adam et Eve" Very fine and rare, large 18K gold astronomical double face, "Adam and Eve" watch with visible balance.

C. Double body Directoire, polished with glazed back. D. Front white enamel eccentric with Breguet numerals, balance aperture above, small subsidiary dials for the dates and clays of the week. Gold Breguet hands. White enamel on the rear face, centred with a painted representation of Adam and Eve framed by the revolving automaton serpent; subsidiary dials for length of the day, phases and age of the moon, sunset time, months of the year with indication of their number of clays, length of the night, the signs of the Zodiac, and sunrise time. Gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Diam. 59 mm.

Unsigned, French, second half of the 17th century, after a painting by Francesco Albani in the Villa Borghese in Rome. "Le Depart d'Adonis pour la Chasse"

Rectangular plaque, enamel on gold, finely painted with a scene depicting Adonis going hunting. Dim. 56 x 75 mm.

Geneva school, circa 1700. "Satyre et Nymphe endormie"

Gilt brass framed, rectangular with canted corners, enamel on copper, finely painted with a scene featuring Jupiter taking the form of a Satyr to haunt the sleeping Nymph. Dim. 49 x 72 mm.

Unsigned, probably German, circa 1710-1720. "Persee et Andromede"

Gold framed rectangular plaque, enamel on copper, finely painted with a mythological scene featuring Perseus and Andromeda. Dim. 107 x 81 mm.

Attributable to Jean V Mussard (1681-1754), Geneva, circa 1710-1720. "L'alliance du vin et de 1'amour"

Gilt brass framed rectangular plaque, enamel on copper, finely painted with a scene featuring "The Alliance between Love and Wine". Dim. 51 x 70 mm.

M. Bernard a Paris, circa 1630. "Persee et Andromede" Very fine gilt brass and silver octagonal pre-balance spring watch.

C. Three body octagonal, the brass band overlaid with silver and engraved with foliage and angel ' s heads, silver cover and back, the cover engraved with a scene depicting Perseus and Andromeda with outer engraved fruits, foliage and cherubs. The back decorated en suite, the centre engraved wit a scene featuring Venus and Cupid. D. Silver with Roman numerals, the centre engraved with scrolled foliage decoration. Single engraved silver hand. Gilt brass dial plate with engraved decoration matching that of the case. M. Octagonal gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, three wheel train with fusee and gut line, verge escapement, plain brass two-arm balance without spring, irregular gilt brass cock secured by a pin with matching click for the ratchet wheel set-up. Signed on the back plate. Dim. 47 x 30 mm.

Berlin, circa 1730, the lid with an enamel panel attributed to Freres Huaud painted circa 1700. "Les victimes de la tentation" Very fine and rare 22K gold mounted snuff box with enamel paintings on copper.

Double body, the gold mounting chased with foliage decoration, the enamel panel on the lid painted with a scene depicting David observing Betzabee at her bath; the other enamel painted scenes featuring: Samson and Dalila on the front, Loth and his Daughters on the left, Judah and Thamar on the right, Joseph and Botiphar on the back and Susan and the Eldry on the base. Dim. 73 x 52 x 36 mm.

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1790, the enamel attributed to Jean V Mussard. "L'alliance du vin et de l'amour" Fine 18K gold mounted, tortoiseshell circular snuff box, made with an early enamel watch case back.

Two piece circular, gold rims chased with a floral decoration, the cover fitted with a fine enamel plaque painted with a scene featuring The Alliance between Love and Wine, the enamel backing with a riverside landscape painted en grisaille against a turquoise ground. Diam. 65 mm.

Cabrier, London, Friedberg (Germany), made for the Dutch Market, circa 1760. "Venus et Adonis" Very fine repousse silver, quarter repeating coach watch with alarm.

C. Double body sharkskin covered outer, the back centred with applied silver concentric roundels. Double body inner, the bezel pierced and chased with foliage and rocaille decoration, the back repousse with a scene depicting "Venus and Adonis" with outer rocaille decoration, the border pierced and chased with foliage. D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring with arched divisions, inner revolving alarm setting disc. Blued steel "poker and beetle " hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three arm balance, flat balance spring, fine continental gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolled foliage. Pull wind repeating and alarm trains with gilt brass fixed barrels engraved with foliage, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 105 mm.

Joseph Silver, London, No. 465, made for the Eastern Market, circa 1780. "Eloise et Abelard" Very fine gilt brass and enamel pair cased paste set coach watch with alarm.

C. Double body outer, the bezel pierced and engraved with foliage, the border set with alternate white and red stones, the back centred with a very fine enamel panel painted with a scene depicting a scene drawn from "Eloise and Abelard", paste set frame and outer pierced and engraved decoration matching that of the bezel. Inner double body bassine, the back engraved with a branch of flowers, the band pierced and engraved with foliage. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain to the going train, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass English cock with diamond end-stone. Alarm train with fixed barrel, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 91 mm.

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1790. "Annette et Lubin" Very fine and elegant, 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch with special escapement.

C. Double body, Directoire with white champleve enamelled and split-pearl set bezels, the pendant with paillonne decoration, the enamel back panel painted with a scene of a loving couple paying tribute to Love, outer paillonne decoration. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals. Gold skeletonisecl "fleur cle lys" hands. M. Hinged gilt bras, very thin Hessen calibre, the going barrel passing through the back plate, Virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and regulator. Diam. 57 mm.

Unsigned attributable to the workshop of Jaquet- Droz, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1790. "Tendre Union" Very fine 18K gold and enamel pair cased, centre seconds watch.

C. Outer double body, glazed, polished. Inner, three body, Directoire, bezels and pendant with paillone decoration, the back enamelled with a very fine painted wedding scene after Shakespeare. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, drawn from the Lepine calibre with free standing barrel, the bridges engraved with foliage,

Romilly a Paris, circa 1790. "Lettre d'amour" Fine 18K gold and enamel pearl-set watch.

C. Double body Directoire with split-pearl set bezels, pendant with champlene enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel with border decorated en suite, and painted with a scene featuring a messenger bringing a letter of love to Moulin's Maria, after an episode of Sentimental journey through France and Italy extract from The Seasons by James Thomson. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer minute ring. Gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Diam. 52 mm.

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1790. "La lettre d'amour " Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl and diamond-set watch.

C. Double body, Directoire with split-pearl set bezels, the back with a finely painted enamel scene within a rose-cut diamond set frame, featuring a messenger bringing a letter of love to Moulin's Maria, after an episode of Sentimental journey through France and Italy extract from The Seasons by James Thomson.; outer white champleve enamelled urn and foliage decoration. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer minute ring. Gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Diam. 52 mm.

Ilbery, London, 6047, the enamel attributable to Jean- Louis Richter, circa 1800 "Orphee et Eurydice" Very fine 18K gold and enamel centre-seconds watch with special escapement, made for the Chinese Market.

C. Two-body, the bezels decorated with formal motifs in blue, white and red enamel, the back panel with a fine polychrome enamel scene depicting "Orpheus and Eurydice ", in the manner of Richter. Engraved gold cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman hour numerals, minute and seconds divisions. Gold dished oval point hands. M. Entirely engraved, gilt Chinese calibre with free-standing barrel, duplex escapement, steel and brass three-arm balance with blued-steel weights, fiat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the movement. Diam. 59mm.

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1785. "La reponse du Berger a la Bergere" Fine oval 18K gold and enamel snuff-box.

Double body oval, the lid with a fine enamel panel painted with a pastoral scene depicting a loving couple of shepherd and shepherdess and their sheeps within a formal border of blue and white champleve enamelled decoration with gold paillons; band and base with further blue flinque enamel panels. Dim. 71 x 50 mm.

S & F/D (Master mark), Geneva, circa 1785. "Serenade" Fine 18K gold and enamel oval snuff box.

Double body, the blue flinke enamelled lid with white champleve and paillonne decoration on the border and centred with a paillonne framed rectangular finely painted pastoral scene, depicting a young gentleman playing the serenade to a shepherdess, the band and base decorated en suite. Maker's mark inside the box and the lid. Dim. 74 x 51 x 23 mm.

Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1785. "L'Amour contraint" Fine 18K gold and enamel rectangular snuff box.

Double body, rectangular with canted corners, the lid with paillonne border is decorated by a fine rectangular painted scene flanked by two obelisks over a turquoise ground. The scene is apparently inspired by the celebrated Avare, written by Moliere. Turquoise enamelled band with white champleve enamelled borders, the canted corners with paillonne vases of flowers over blue ground. The base decorated en suite and centred by a bunch of corn on a plate, flanked by branches and topped with a blue ribbon inscribed: L'abondance. Prestige French marks. Dim. 90 x 49 x 17 mm.

Soiron pinxit, circa 1795. "La curiosite fatale" Magnificent 18K gold and enamel snuff box.

Double body rectancgular with canted corners, the lid with a very fine enamel panel, painted with a scene depicting Psyche looking at Cupid as he sleeps despite her promise, within a gold frame chased with foliage decoration, side and base panels of blue flinque enamel. Signed below, in the centre. Dim. 95 x 69 mm.