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

LOT 441

Markwick Markham, Borrell, London, No. 24804, made for the Islamic Market, with London hallmarks for 1815.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, the bezels decorated en suite, the back with a fine composition of summer flowers against a turquoise ground. Inner double-body, bassine, polished, marked ?A.N.?.D. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Gold ?poker and beetle? hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with pierced 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. 39 mm.