ATTRIBUTED TO MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE & CIE. OR J.B. GARRAND, GENEVA. AN EXTREMELY RARE, IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE GOLD ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET FLINTLOCK PISTOL-FORM PERFUME SPRINKLER WITH CONCEALED WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET SWISS, GENEVA, CIRCA 1805 Movement: Manual, gilt brass, verge escapement, chain fusée, pierced and chased balance cock Dial: White enamel, concealed behind circular covers at the end of the handle, opening via a concealed button in the band Case: Flintlock pistol-shaped gold case, grips overlaid with translucent scarlet enamel over engine-turned background, set with pearl-set gold rosette, split pearl-set lower and upper edges, centred by split-pearl framed gold plates finely chased with a hound on one side and a rabbit on the reverse, the top edges set with half pearls, gold matted and engraved hammer, the head of the flint arm engraved with lion's head, engraved rounded gold flint nut, agate flint, blue enamelled octagonal barrel decorated with paillonné and laurel foliage simulating damascene work, pearl-set tip, the perfume is spread through the pistils of the gold tulip with enamel petals, released by the percussion of the hammer when the trigger is depressed, with gold slide underneath to retreat into the barrel, 111 mm. overall length
ATTRIBUTED TO MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE & CIE. OR J.B. GARRAND, GENEVA. AN EXTREMELY RARE, IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE GOLD ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET FLINTLOCK PISTOL-FORM PERFUME SPRINKLER WITH CONCEALED WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET SWISS, GENEVA, CIRCA 1805 Movement: Manual, gilt brass, verge escapement, chain fusée, pierced and chased balance cock Dial: White enamel, concealed behind circular covers at the end of the handle, opening via a concealed button in the band Case: Flintlock pistol-shaped gold case, grips overlaid with translucent scarlet enamel over engine-turned background, set with pearl-set gold rosette, split pearl-set lower and upper edges, centred by split-pearl framed gold plates finely chased with a hound on one side and a rabbit on the reverse, the top edges set with half pearls, gold matted and engraved hammer, the head of the flint arm engraved with lion's head, engraved rounded gold flint nut, agate flint, blue enamelled octagonal barrel decorated with paillonné and laurel foliage simulating damascene work, pearl-set tip, the perfume is spread through the pistils of the gold tulip with enamel petals, released by the percussion of the hammer when the trigger is depressed, with gold slide underneath to retreat into the barrel, 111 mm. overall length
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