Lot 2124
2124
GILLE DE BEEFE A LIEGE, THE TEMPTATION
GILLE DE BEEFE A LIEGE, THE TEMPTATION

UNUSUAL GILT AND ENAMEL ANIMATED POCKET WATCH WITH KEY CIRCA 1730

Price realised HKD 93,750
Estimate
HKD 48,000 – HKD 70,000
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GILLE DE BEEFE A LIEGE, THE TEMPTATION

UNUSUAL GILT AND ENAMEL ANIMATED POCKET WATCH WITH KEY CIRCA 1730

Price realised HKD 93,750
Closed: 30 May 2011
Price realised HKD 93,750
Closed: 30 May 2011
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GILLE DE BEEFE A LIEGE, THE TEMPTATION
UNUSUAL GILT AND ENAMEL ANIMATED POCKET WATCH WITH KEY
CIRCA 1730
Hinged gilt brass movement with verge escapement, fusee and chain, full plate and baluster pillars, snake is mounted on a gear driven by the main train, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer five minute divisions with Arabic numerals, aperture for regulator, snake revolves around the enameled scene, tempting Adam and Eve, and making one revolution of the dial per hour, gilt case transparent on both sides, back cover showing enameled scene depicting The Original Sin with Eve offering the apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by animals and the Tree of Knowledge, the Sin is represented by the Snake, bezel signed
Diameter: 51 mm.

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