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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 408

Ch(ris)t Moricant à Genève, circa 1815.Very fine and rare snake-wood walking stick, gold curved pommel with concealed built-in watch and tobacco compartment.

C. Two-body hinged pommel, polished with a compartment covered with pierced and engraved cover, polished collar. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 12''', fire-gilded full-plate, cylindrical pillars, verge escpapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental type cock, fusee and chain.Signed on the dial.Dim. of the pommel 100x34x80 mm.