Tavernier

Tavernier A GOLD AND POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED SINGLE CASED VERGE WATCH QUARTER REPEATING À TOCCIRCA 1760, NO.348 diameter 46mm , • Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain flat steel three-arm balance, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with scrolling foliage, silver regulation plate, two polished hammers quarter repeating à toc, turned pillars, fusee and chain, signed Tavernier à Paris• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gilt filigree hands, aperture for winding• Case: gold, the back with restored polychrome enamel painting of a still life with daffodils, roses, grapes, peaches and a parrot, bezels of chased and engraved scrollwork interlaced with translucent green enamel, the front bezel with polychrome enamel painted flowers, paste-set thumb-piece and pendant, lacking pulse piece to bezel