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Sold on May 20, 2008 for: $4,780.00
Abraham Colomby Early Quarter Hour Repeater with Enamel, Twotone Gold Case, circa 1760. ...
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$4,780.00
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Description
Abraham Colomby Early Quarter Hour Repeater with Enamel, Twotone Gold Case, circa 1760Case: 43 mm, 18k rose and green gold outer with polychrome portrait of mother and child, blue enamel background, outer rose flowers, cherubs and paste stones, plain inner case with piercings, steel bell
Dial: enamel, Roman numerals, black minute track, five minute numerals, silver paste set hands
Movement: #3541, verge fusee, gilt, pierced single footed cock with mask, steel hammers striking on inner bell, cylindrical pillars, inner dust cap
Signed: dial, movement and dust cap signed Abraham Colomby
Note: Abraham Colomby is a maker of repute. Examples of his work appear in the Dennison collection, the S.K.M. collection, and the M.P.S.(Mathematische Physikalische Salon, Dresden)
Condition Report*:
Type: Abraham Colomby, Early multicolor gold and enamel cased quarter hour repeater
Signed: Abraham Colomby
Model: Verge fusee
Dial: enamel. Roman, with Arabic five minutes
Hands; silver fancy with paste stones
Metal: 18K rose and green gold
Gram Weight: 85.00 grams
Case Info: pair case, outer with enamel, inner pierced
Case Width: 43 mm
Crystal: bulls eye, glass
Watch Movement: verge with pierced single footed cock decorated with a mask, double steel hammers strike on inner bell, movement signed, gilt dust cap
Circa: 1760
Condition: dial is perfect, inner case and bell very good, repeat works, clear and strong ring, movement has good balance but chain is not attached (hook is present), outer case very good, very slight enamel lose, one paste stone missing on case and some on the bow, some surface scratches to portrait
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Signed: Abraham Colomby
Model: Verge fusee
Dial: enamel. Roman, with Arabic five minutes
Hands; silver fancy with paste stones
Metal: 18K rose and green gold
Gram Weight: 85.00 grams
Case Info: pair case, outer with enamel, inner pierced
Case Width: 43 mm
Crystal: bulls eye, glass
Watch Movement: verge with pierced single footed cock decorated with a mask, double steel hammers strike on inner bell, movement signed, gilt dust cap
Circa: 1760
Condition: dial is perfect, inner case and bell very good, repeat works, clear and strong ring, movement has good balance but chain is not attached (hook is present), outer case very good, very slight enamel lose, one paste stone missing on case and some on the bow, some surface scratches to portrait
Auction Info
2008 May Jewelry & Time Pieces Signature Auction #686 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
May, 2008
20th
Tuesday
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