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The Singing Bird Pocket Watch "The Evening"
Pocket watch in gold and enamel, set with rubies and pearls.
Louis XVI box, bezels set with calibrated rubies and split-pearls, enamel back painted with a pastoral scene inspired by A. Conte's etching entitled "Evening". Singing bird train with fusee and chain, whistle with sliding piston.
Produced by Jaquet-Droz for the Chinese market, circa 1785.

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The Singing Bird Pocket Watch "The Evening"

Pocket watch in gold and enamel, set with rubies and pearls.
Louis XVI box, bezels set with calibrated rubies and split-pearls, enamel back painted with a pastoral scene inspired by A. Conte's etching entitled "Evening". Singing bird train with fusee and chain, whistle with sliding piston.
Produced by Jaquet-Droz for the Chinese market, circa 1785.