Badollet, Genevé. A gold hunting cased watch with enamel scenes depicting ‘Day & Night’, circa 1860.
Movement: cylinder escapement.
Dial: gilt, engine-turned chapter ring, Roman numerals, engraved floral motif.
Case: 18ct gold, gold cuvette, translucent enamel to the covers, polychrome enamel scenes depicting ‘Day and Night’, no.32055, stamped B.Co.
Signed: case and movement.
Dimensions: diameter 33.5mm.
£500-£700

The enamel scenes of ‘Day & Night’ are based on a pair of bas-reliefs executed by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768 - 1844) in Rome. Thorvaldsen was a Danish sculptor who worked in Italy from 1797 to 1838. The goddess of Dawn (Aurora) flies through the air with an outstretched arm scattering flowers on the earth, while Nyx (Goddess of Night) carries infant twins in blissful sleep.
Michele Rowan, Nineteenth Century Cameos, 2004, p.33.