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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 29
Markwick Markham, Borrell, London, No. 24159, made for the Islamic Market, with the London hallmarks for 1813. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel triple cased watch.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 9,200
C. Outer double body, glazed, with scallop edge, the bezels with champlevé enamel decoration. Second double body, with scallop edge, bezels with champlevé floral decoration, the back with a finely painted maritime landscape with vessels on the foreground. Inner double body, bassine, polished, marked "A.N.", a large rose-diamond set on the pendant. D. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with a star, a crescent and scrolled foliage, diamond end-stone. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.
