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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 440

Markwick Markham, Borrell, London, No. 22407, made for the Islamic Market, with London hallmarks for 1813.Fine, 18K gold and enamel, triple-cased watch.

C. Outer double-body, glazed, with scallop edge, the bezels with champlevé enamel decoration over a turquoise ground. Double-body second with scallop edge, bezels with scarlet champlevé decoration over a pink ground, the back with finely painted musical trophies against a scarlet flinqué enamel ground. Inner double-body, bassine, polished, marked ?A.N.?, a large rose-diamond set on the pendant. D. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Gold ?poker and beetle? hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with pirced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with a star, a crescent and scrolled foliage.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 52 mm.