JOHANN DEYERL. A SMALL AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL MANDOLIN FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
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JOHANN DEYERL. A SMALL AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL MANDOLIN FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL

Signed Johann Deyerl in Wien, no. 189, circa 1850

Fermé10 May 2021

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CHF 4,750

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JOHANN DEYERL. A SMALL AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL MANDOLIN FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
Signed Johann Deyerl in Wien, no. 189, circa 1850
Movement: Manual, gilt-finished verge escapement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, signed
Dial: White enamel
Case: Mandolin-form case decorated with alternating bands of red and white enamel, enclosing trophies of music and vines, the soundboard painted with a scene consisting of figures playing the mandolin and a landscape, black banded champlevé enamelled neck, gold strings, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, 61.5 mm. overall length

Note du spécialiste

A similar mandolin watch is described and illustrated in: ‘A Voyage Through Time’ The Masis Collection of Horological Masterpieces, Richard Chadwick, 2020, p. 258