Lot Essay
A similar mandolin watch is described and illustrated in: ‘A Voyage Through Time’ The Masis Collection of Horological Masterpieces, Richard Chadwick, 2020, p. 258
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Signed Johann Deyerl in Wien, no. 189, circa 1850
Details
JOHANN DEYERL. A SMALL AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL MANDOLIN FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
Signed Johann Deyerl in Wien, no. 189, circa 1850
Movement: Manual, gilt-finished verge escapement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, signed
Dial: White enamel
Case: Mandolin-form case decorated with alternating bands of red and white enamel, enclosing trophies of music and vines, the soundboard painted with a scene consisting of figures playing the mandolin and a landscape, black banded champlevé enamelled neck, gold strings, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, 61.5 mm. overall length
Signed Johann Deyerl in Wien, no. 189, circa 1850
Movement: Manual, gilt-finished verge escapement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, signed
Dial: White enamel
Case: Mandolin-form case decorated with alternating bands of red and white enamel, enclosing trophies of music and vines, the soundboard painted with a scene consisting of figures playing the mandolin and a landscape, black banded champlevé enamelled neck, gold strings, short length of gold chain attached to the case and head, 61.5 mm. overall length
Special Notice
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