Very small gold and enamel watch by Milleret & Tissot, Geneva, Switzerland, 1830 - 1840. Gold case decorated in green guilloche enamel with a rose painted in enamel over the top. The case edge and bezel are decorated with red and white enamel. Silver dial with gold looped hands. With attached matching gold and enamel chain and winding key. Movement of eight-day duration, with cylinder escapement. Signed 'Milleret & Tissot. Geneva' on the cuvette. Bequethed to the museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers by the Reverand Henry Nelthropp. Clockmakers' Museum No. 364.
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3298
- Materials:
- gold (metal), enamel, steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 22 mm x 18 mm x 6 mm,
chain length: 126 mm
- type:
- watch and cylinder movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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