Fine Musical and Automata Vertu
A fine gold and enamel musical vinaigrette,
early 19th Century,
the four-pillar barillet movement with comb stack of eight blued teeth, hinged side with rectangular star-pierced scent grille, adjacent to compartment for key with blued stem and 'crescent moon' top, in purse-form tooled and engraved gold case, inscribed on the inside 5208 (twice), with blue enamel highlights, with 'clasp' front and key-wind stem, start/stop slide opposing grille on reeded ground 1.1/2in. (3.7cm) wide
the four-pillar barillet movement with comb stack of eight blued teeth, hinged side with rectangular star-pierced scent grille, adjacent to compartment for key with blued stem and 'crescent moon' top, in purse-form tooled and engraved gold case, inscribed on the inside 5208 (twice), with blue enamel highlights, with 'clasp' front and key-wind stem, start/stop slide opposing grille on reeded ground 1.1/2in. (3.7cm) wide
Sold for
£5,400
inc. premium
Category: Collectibles / Toys and Dolls
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