Large fausse Montre with female portrait C1765

Large fausse Montre with female portrait C1765

Code: NGcnab

Dimensions:

W: 5.2cm (2")H: 2.5cm (1")D: 5.2cm (2")

£1,700.00 Approx $2125, €1985.98
 

Rare enamel large snuff box in the form of a watch.  The reverse has a hand-painted portrait of a lady wearing an orange dress with floral corsage and a cap on her head with gilded raised swag border. The front is painted as a watch dial with the time set at 23 minutes past 12.  This has a turquoise border with raised white dots and 3 differing floral vignettes on white ground. Ornate copper gilt mounts, the watch dial hinged to open.  Birmingham C1765.