Description
HANDKERCHIEF called Religious in brown tortoiseshell veneer and brass inlaid with vases, foliage scrolls, sphinxes, and characters, the upper part with doucine. The enamelled dial with indication of the hours and minutes is signed as well as the movement: "GOSSELIN A PARIS". Decorated with chased and gilded bronzes such as: allegories of Sciences, of the Summer, fire pots, palmettes, mascarons, and mouldings. It rests on skids. Partly Regency period, early Louis XV period. (veneer accidents, restorations, parts redone) H: 69-W: 39 cm
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HANDKERCHIEF called Religious in brown tortoiseshell veneer and brass inlaid with vases, foliage scrolls, sphinxes, and characters, the upper part with doucine. The enamelled dial with indication of the hours and minutes is signed as well as the movement: "GOSSELIN A PARIS". Decorated with chased and gilded bronzes such as: allegories of Sciences, of the Summer, fire pots, palmettes, mascarons, and mouldings. It rests on skids. Partly Regency period, early Louis XV period. (veneer accidents, restorations, parts redone) H: 69-W: 39 cm
