Swiss gold and enamel rectangular cylinder watch Circa 1890
- Kenmerk
- SA2206
- Diameter
- 32 mm
- Estimate
- € 4.000 - 8.000
- Price sold
- € 8.700
Gold Limoges style pocket watch
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A Swiss rectangular 18 Carat yellow gold and enamel open faced cylinder pocket watch in French Limoges style, circa 1890. Circular gilt movement, cylinder escapement, plain three arm balance. Gold cuvette painted with a polychrome enamel scene showing a floral garland and cherub motif. The dial is decorated to match, the central time indication with blue Roman hours and an inner minute track. Faceted glass as well on the face as on the case back. Accompanied by an unsigned 14 Carat yellow gold chain.
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Diameter: 32 mm
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A Swiss rectangular 18 Carat yellow gold and enamel open faced cylinder pocket watch in French Limoges style, circa 1890. Circular gilt movement, cylinder escapement, plain three arm balance. Gold cuvette painted with a polychrome enamel scene showing a floral garland and cherub motif. The dial is decorated to match, the central time indication with blue Roman hours and an inner minute track. Faceted glass as well on the face as on the case back. Accompanied by an unsigned 14 Carat yellow gold chain.
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Diameter: 32 mm
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Signed: No name
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Comes with an Extract from the Archives confirming its sale in 1892.
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The French city of Limoges is world famous for its porcelain.
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A cherub is a kind of angel, one of the second rank. Cherubs or cherubim, as the Hebrew plural is, were the ancient Israelites’ representations of symbolic, otherworldly beings. According to the Bible, a cherub looks different from other angels. Angels are often described as beings without wings, only in Revelation 14:6 angels are described as having wings, and they look like human beings. Cherubs always have wings and often look like animals.
Signed: No name
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Comes with an Extract from the Archives confirming its sale in 1892.
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The French city of Limoges is world famous for its porcelain.
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A cherub is a kind of angel, one of the second rank. Cherubs or cherubim, as the Hebrew plural is, were the ancient Israelites’ representations of symbolic, otherworldly beings. According to the Bible, a cherub looks different from other angels. Angels are often described as beings without wings, only in Revelation 14:6 angels are described as having wings, and they look like human beings. Cherubs always have wings and often look like animals.
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