2 - MONNIER & MUSSARD

MONNIER & MUSSARD 18k gold (750 parts per thousand) pocket watch White enamel dial, black dot minute track, hour markers in black-painted Roman numerals, openwork gold hands with convex tips. Bezel decorated with a band of blue enamel painting, interspersed with small gold and light blue flowers and small white cartouches. Buckle decorated in the same style, engraved “LG.” Case back featuring a polychrome enamel painting of a shepherd and a shepherdess in a mountainous landscape, sheltered by a tree and near a stream, set within a border decorated with a floral frieze, accented by a band of blue enamel paint interspersed with small gold and light blue flowers and small white cartouches. Mechanical movement with manual winding via a key, cylindrical pillars, a balance cock re-drilled with two screws and a counter-pivot, a rosette for adjusting the rate, fusee and chain system, verge escapement, marked “MONNIER & MUSSARD No. 7304.” The watch was non-functional at the time of appraisal; no guarantee is given regarding future operation or the condition of the parts. Scratches on the case and glass; a screw added later to the dial; a few slight scratches on the painted decoration. Late 18th century. Diameter: 4.9 cm. Gross weight: 73.9 g. Provenance - Martial Lapeyre Collection (1904–1984). - Fondation Napoléon (Paris) following the bequest by Martial Lapeyre in 1984. Lot presented by Mr. Nicolas Amsellem, watch expert (Cabinet Sancy Expertise, Paris).