VALENTINE. A FINE AND RARE GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARL AND PASTE-SET OPENFACE KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH TWO CONCEALED EROTIC SCENES
SIGNED VALENTINE A PARIS, NO. 647, CIRCA 1820
Chain fusée verge movement, finely pierced and engraved cock, white enamel dial, split pearl and paste-set bezels, the reverse with a central painted polychrome enamel scene of a couple frolicking outdoors, within a blue and gold enamel laurel border, opening to reveal a painted erotic scene of the same couple having moved to more comfortable surroundings on the inner dome, opening to further reveal another painted erotic scene with this couple, now assisted by another maiden, movement signed and numbered
43 mm. diam.
VALENTINE. A FINE AND RARE GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARL AND PASTE-SET OPENFACE KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH TWO CONCEALED EROTIC SCENES
SIGNED VALENTINE A PARIS, NO. 647, CIRCA 1820
Chain fusée verge movement, finely pierced and engraved cock, white enamel dial, split pearl and paste-set bezels, the reverse with a central painted polychrome enamel scene of a couple frolicking outdoors, within a blue and gold enamel laurel border, opening to reveal a painted erotic scene of the same couple having moved to more comfortable surroundings on the inner dome, opening to further reveal another painted erotic scene with this couple, now assisted by another maiden, movement signed and numbered
43 mm. diam.
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