The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 352

Portrait of Elisa BonaparteMalide Et Marguerite, goldsmith Jacques-Alexandre Guillemont, painting by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Paris,circa 1815.Very fine rectangular 18 ct. gold and enamel patch box with a painted miniature of Elisa Bonaparte, with an inset watch with visible diamond-set balance.

C. Two-body, hinged, the cover with two ovals, the top one with the portrait miniature, the bottom one with the watch, the top, side panels and bottom decorated with a floral and foliate pattern in blue champlevé enamel.D. White enamel, oval, eccentric, Breguet numerals with outer minute divisions, at the top an aperture for the balance. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 15.5 x 28.3 mm, ogival-shaped, brass full plate, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, four spiral spoked balance set with rose-cut diamonds, flat balance spring.Signed on the dial, box stamped JAG, miniature signed Isabey.Dim. 85 x 30 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 466-467.