Julien Le Roy Paris. An unusual gilt and enamel key wind concealed watch in the form of a celloDate: Circa 1890 Movement: Gilt full plate fusée verge, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation Dial: White, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track with Arabic 5 minute markers, winding aperture at 3, blued steel spade hands Case: Gilt in the form of a violin, hinged back, enamel decoration to body Signed: Movement, case stamped JM possibly for Josef Mikalaschek Size: 29mm x 95mm FootnotesThe current lot was owned by the vendor's grandmother (sister of eminent Marxist philosopher György Lukács) who was a well known cellist.
Julien Le Roy Paris. An unusual gilt and enamel key wind concealed watch in the form of a celloDate: Circa 1890 Movement: Gilt full plate fusée verge, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation Dial: White, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track with Arabic 5 minute markers, winding aperture at 3, blued steel spade hands Case: Gilt in the form of a violin, hinged back, enamel decoration to body Signed: Movement, case stamped JM possibly for Josef Mikalaschek Size: 29mm x 95mm FootnotesThe current lot was owned by the vendor's grandmother (sister of eminent Marxist philosopher György Lukács) who was a well known cellist.
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