Williamson

FLORA AND ZEPHYR

, FLORA AND ZEPHYR, PLACE BID Very fine and unusual gilt metal brass and copper painted on enamel ''oignon'' watch, made for the Dutch market.The enamel painting attributable to the workshop of Jean Mussard V, Geneva.The back with a finely painted on copper enamel of Flora, the ancient Italian goddess of flowers, with her husband Zephyr, the west wind of Springtime. The scene is taken from an engraving by Benoît Audran (1661-1721) after a painting by Antoine Coypel (1661-1722). The enamel inside the case depicts a country residence with mountains in the background. The enamelled bezels with continuous landscapes.Gold dial, champlevé, Roman chapters with half-hour divisions, outer minute ring withArabic five-minute numerals, matted ground. Blued-steel 'beetle and poker' hands.Brand Williamson, England Year Circa 1730 Material Gilt brass Diameter 60 mm. Caliber 18''',hinged gilt brass full plate with solid, unusually shaped pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, Dutch-type, double-footed cock pierced and decorated with geometrical design, covered by a crystal, ruby endstone, pierced and engraved silver mask applied over the back plate, two regulator discs of blued-steel inlaid with gold setting numerals, rack and pinion regulator activated by the right disc. Signature Dial and movement