Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces · 15 March 2015

Gold Sealing Wax Case Watch with Concealed Erotic Scene French

GOLD SEALING WAX CASE WATCH WITH CONCEALED EROTIC SCENE French. Paris discharge marks of Jean Baptiste Fouache for 1774-80. Very fine and very rare, Louis XVI, gold, painted on enamel and gilt brass sealing-wax case, set with semi-precious and paste stones, with a miniature watch and concealed erotic enameled scene.

Lot

Antiquorum, March 2015

Hammer result

CHF 23,750

about $23,639 at today's rate

21% below the high estimate
Low estimate CHF 20,000
High estimate CHF 30,000
In USD $19,906 to $29,860

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Date

15 March 2015

Lot number

144

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