Enamel fausse montre with moving hands and chatelaine C1780

Code: E0632

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Charming enamel fausse montre bonbonniere which hinges open and is where the mechanism is accessible to move the hands to the desired time.  The front is enamelled as a watch face with dial and cobalt border and the reverse has white raised enamel vase of flowers with white dot border and gold leaf.  It is suspended from a metal chatelaine with 2 fake watch keys and a fob seal with blue glass intaglio.  South Staffordshire C1780.  

Provenance: ex Ionides collection