Courvoisier portrait watches produced for Ottoman market

Philippe Auguste Courvoisier (1803-73), a member of the famed Courvoisier family of Swiss watchmakers, specialised in the production of watches with portraits of 19th century royalty, such as Queen Victoria, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte or, in the case of watches sold in London and Stuttgart, the Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid I.

The sale of Fine Islamic & Indian Works of Art at Plakas (29/20% buyer’s premium) in London on …

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