Bouvier - The Golden Lyra
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1800
A small lyre-shaped Parisian gold enamel form watch with verge escapement Case: Gold enamel, engine-turned and translucent cobaltblue enamelled sound box on the front, framed by an engraved and opaque white enamelled waved border; above it two opaque white enamelled horn-shaped arms, decorated with translucent blue and red ornaments.
Engine-turned and translucent red and green enamelled back cover with a centred putto painted "en grisaille", set with split pearls, translucid enamelled tailpiece. Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 51 mm
Identification
- Candidate id
- inv-bouvier-the-golden-lyra-268-c-14eebda9d3
- Museum object number
- 14eebda9d3
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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