Beschreibung:

SWISS. AN EXTREMELY RARE, IMPORTANT AND FINE GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET FLINTLOCK PISTOL-FORM PERFUME SPRINKLER WITH CONCEALED WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1805
SWISS. AN EXTREMELY RARE, IMPORTANT AND FINE GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET FLINTLOCK PISTOL-FORM PERFUME SPRINKLER WITH CONCEALED WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1805 Gilt brass verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and chased cock, polished steel endstone, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, gold hands, concealed within the end of the grip under a circular cover with applied chased and engraved gold head of Medusa within a ring of split pearls, opened by pressing secret button in the band, the movement concealed under a similar cover with engraved gold head of Sartyr on the other side, the grip with translucent red enamel over arc and shell-shaped engine-turned decoration, the edges set with split pearls, a small gold loop for chain under the timepiece, pierced and tooled flint strike with square agate hammer and lion's head mask on top, the lower barrel sides with plaques depicting a galloping horse on one side and a two sheep curled up together on the other with black enamel and split pearl surround, above tooled straight trigger, the octagonal barrel in deep blue enamel with gold paillons and pearl-set tip, the perfume spread through the pistils of the gold tulip with painted polychrome enamel petals, released by the percussion of the hammer when the trigger is depressed, with gold slide underneath to retreat into the barrel, unsigned 108 mm. overall length