Only Online Auction (GENEVA)

Geneva, Dec 14, 2006

LOT 144

?Joyous Putti? Case No. 7815, Swiss. Made circa 1900. Fine, square, gold pendant watch with stylized bow.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, canted corners, stylized bow and bottom, glazed cover and back. Hinged enamel gold cuvette with floral decoration and centered with two putti ? one playing a flute, the other holding a cane - and a lamb painted over a black ground and within a scalopped frame. D. Black with painted radial white Roman numerals within a gold scalopped frame, surrounded by four painted winged putti linked by red flower garlands over a black ground. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 11´´´, oval gilt brass, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Case numbered. Dim. 30 x 39 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.