Jean Rousseau. A fine and rare gold and enamel case pre-balance spring verge watch with later chatelaine and box
Circa 1660
Gilt verge movement, engraved and pierced foliage decorated balance cock, steel two arm pre-hairspring balance wheel, ratchet and wheel regulation, silver dial with Roman numerals, later inner gilt ring with engraved foliage, single blued steel hand, circular case with painted polychrome enamel pastoral vignettes to the band, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel scene depicting the Holy Family and St.John the Baptist as a child, the interior also decorated with a painted pastoral scene, on the front cover a scene depicting St.John, Virgin Mary and child and a further pastoral scene to the inside, ring pendant and seven piece hinge, dial and movement signed, together with a later added pink gold and enamel chatelaine with two seals and a key, in a fitted presentation box signed 'Linzeler & Fils, 15 Boult.de la Madeleine, Paris' 36mm diam, overall length 195mm.
