A silver and enamel desk clock


Possibly Britzin, circa 1900, apparently unmarkedof trefoil form, the silvered case with opaque white borders to red guilloché enamel over engine-turned ground applied with gold rosettes, surrounding circular white dial with Arabic numerals indicated by pierced gilt hands, ivory back with rectangulate strut, the casing inscribed with Cyrillic abbreviation for 'Nedelny Zavod' height: 9cm (3 1/2in).
|Provenance Christie's, South Kensington, 20 April 1990, lot 128