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Brand :
Lenoir
Model :
Lenoir autres horlogerie
Category :
Wrist Watch
Period :
19thx
Watch ID :
1571
Movement :
Mechanical
Case material :
Yellow Gold
Case form :
Others
Dial color :
White
Description :
LENOIR À PARIS. A SMALL AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL MANDOLIN FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL,Signed Lenoir à Paris, no. 1571, circa 1830,Movement: Manual, gilt-finished, verge escapement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, signed,Dial: White enamel,Case: Mandolin-form case decorated with foliage and musical instruments in black champlevé enamel within bands of red guilloche enamel, the soundboard painted with two ladies and two gentlemen seated in a landscape, balance cock exposed through the sound hole, black banded champlevé enamelled neck, blue enamel pegboard, gold strings, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, 60.5 mm. overall length