De Lisle a Paris A gilt metal verge watch circa 1720
Estimate $2,000 – $3,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE WILLIAM W.W. (BILL) HUGHES, BOWRAL
Gilt full plate movement signed De Lisle a Paris, verge fusée escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock, Egyptian pillars, Roman numerals set on white enamel cartouches for the hours, outer Arabic numerals on smaller cartouches for the minutes, inner calibrated ring, steel hands, the centre engraved with foliate strapwork, case decoratively chased and engraved with a classical figurative scene, movement signed, diameter 59mm.
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