24th Mar, 2017 9:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale

 
  Lot 161
 

161

A Silver and Enamel Pendant Ball Watch with a Matching Chain, circa 1910, cylinder movement,...

A Silver and Enamel Pendant Ball Watch with a Matching Chain, circa 1910, cylinder movement, bezel winding, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, ball watch with purple coloured guilloche enamel surfaces and finely decorated with scroll and flower head gilt borders, inside case back stamped 0.935 and numbered 2073, maker's mark LW, with the original attached watch chain with matching purple guilloche enamel surfaces, 21mm wide, with the original fitted box see illustration

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £700


 

16.02.17, The central part of the ball watch with a minor part of the enamel chipped approx 5mm in length, enamel with minor scratches in parts, glass with one minor chip, dial centre with minor chips, movement looks clean, the watch is not winding, movement mainspring is possibly broken, movement needs a service, watch chain with small pieces of enamel missing, outer fitted box with initials to the topside of the lid ''ACFD''.

 


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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale, 24th Mar, 2017

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