Swiss. A small and attractive 18K gold, enamel, paste and pearl-set mandolin form watch with concealed dial
Unsigned, no. 1546, circa 1820
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, all hinged within a mandolin-form case with polychrome champlevé enamel geometrically decorated panels, chased gold soundboard with floral and scroll decoration, balance cock exposed through the paste-bordered sound hole, white, black and yellow champlevé enamelled neck with pearl-set tuning pegs over blue enamel head, string bridge, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, unsigned, case and movement numbered
57.5 mm. overall length
Swiss. A small and attractive 18K gold, enamel, paste and pearl-set mandolin form watch with concealed dial
Unsigned, no. 1546, circa 1820
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, all hinged within a mandolin-form case with polychrome champlevé enamel geometrically decorated panels, chased gold soundboard with floral and scroll decoration, balance cock exposed through the paste-bordered sound hole, white, black and yellow champlevé enamelled neck with pearl-set tuning pegs over blue enamel head, string bridge, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, unsigned, case and movement numbered
57.5 mm. overall length
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