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Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995
LOT 197
Bartholony à Paris, Swiss, circa 1775. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with two concealed painted erotic scenes.
HKD 165,000 - 190,000
USD 22,000 - 25,000
C. Three body, Louis XV, the bezel engraved with decoration and four small enamel panels painted with roses, the back enamelled with a painted pastoral scene of a young couple gazing loves in a cage. The opening back reveals two enamel scenes, depicting différent ways to begin a love storie, painted inside the cover and on the fixed cuvette ( slightly restored). D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 46 mm.
