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Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993

LOT 238

Hessen à Paris, circa 1790. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel watch.

C. Three body, Louis XVI, the bezels with champleve enamelled decoration, the back of blue translucent enamel over engine turning, decorated with a fine paillonné rosette on the center and a garland of flowers on the border. D.White enamel with radiant Arabic numerals (restored). Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. GiIt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain gilt brass three arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock and polished steel end-piece. Signed on the dial and back plate. In good condition. Diam. 45 mm.