German 18K gold and enamel lady’s watch with date Circa 1780

Gold and enamel open faced verge watch
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A very fine and rare German 18K gold and enamel open faced verge pocket watch with date, circa 1780. The Altar of Love by John Georg Schlicker. A Louis XVI case, chased bezels, concealed hinge, the back panel enamelled with a finely painted scene of a maiden in classical dress paying tribute to the altar of Love, over an opalescent ground, outer paillonné decorated border.
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White enamel dial with upright Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and an inner red Arabic date ring, gold hands. A hinged gilt-brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain gilt-brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece, silver regulation disc. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: John Georg Schlicker Neustadt
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Johann Georg Schlicker (also Schlicher, Schwicker or Schlikher) of Neustadt is recorded as working during the second half of the 18th century.