Enamelled Lady's Fob Watch with Classical Woman Design
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A c.1900 decoratively enamelled lady's fob watch, the back finely enamelled with a classical woman in the French manner, the guilloche cobalt blue border with gilt highlights, conforming frame to the circular enamel dial. Some faults.
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- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned".
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