JOLLY. A FINE AND EARLY GILT OPENFACE OIGNON VERGE WATCH
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JOLLY. A FINE AND EARLY GILT OPENFACE OIGNON VERGE WATCH

SIGNED J. JOLLY A PARIS, CIRCA 1690

Closed14 December 2010

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USD 5,250

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JOLLY. A FINE AND EARLY GILT OPENFACE OIGNON VERGE WATCH
SIGNED J. JOLLY A PARIS, CIRCA 1690
Gilt-brass verge movement, finely chased, engraved and pierced large balance cock, rack and pinion regulator with calibrated silver disk, pierced Egyptian pillars, gilt dial with engraved scroll decorated center, blue Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, inner white enamel ring with blue half-hour indication, outer Arabic five minute divisions, large circular case with finely chased and engraved foliate decoration, the reverse centered by a small engraved portrait of a lady, movement signed
58mm diam.

Specialist note

The designation oignon was given to the large and bulbous French watches of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.