BLONNAY | A GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH WITH PRESENTATION PLAQUE TO THE MOVEMENT ENGRAVED 'À LA BARONNE D'ARBERG FIDÈLE LECTRICE DE S M L'IMPÉRATRICE JOSEPHINE, NOTRE MÈRE REGRETTÉE QUI RENDIT SON AME A DIEU LE 29 MAI, JOUR DE PENTECÔTE 1814 LA MALMA...










Description
BLONNAY
A GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH WITH PRESENTATION PLAQUE TO THE MOVEMENT ENGRAVED 'À LA BARONNE D'ARBERG FIDÈLE LECTRICE DE S M L'IMPÉRATRICE JOSEPHINE, NOTRE MÈRE REGRETTÉE QUI RENDIT SON AME A DIEU LE 29 MAI, JOUR DE PENTECÔTE 1814 LA MALMAISON L'AN 1814, HORTENSE-EUGENE'
CIRCA 1814
gilded full plate movement, verge escapement, three-arm balance, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation plate, fusee and chain, engraved inscription to applied polished plaque, signed Blonnay, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with Arabic quarter hours, signed Blonnay, gold case, oval polychrome enamel scene to the back depicting Helen of Troy bidding farewell to Prince Paris as he goes to fight Menelaus, outer gilt metal glazed cover, accompanied by an associated gold and enamel chatelaine with four pendants terminating in a key, a blank seal and two decorative tassels
diameter 56mm


















