Keys, Chains, Chatelaines, Accessories
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Glass and Gilt Display Dome
A simple glass display dome with applied gilt line to the base, solid glass knob and hook to hang a watch.
1880£60.00 Read more -
Rare Gold Decorated Watch and Chatelaine
A mid 18th Century French verge in a rare steel case with three colour gold decoration and matching chatelaine. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Large silver regulator dial. Square baluster pillars. Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands. Rare gunmetal steel consular case, narrow gold bezels and gold hinge. Front bezel and back with an applied gold geometric border. In the centre of the back applied three colour gold decoration of a couple in a garden. Attractive matching gunmetal steel chatelaine, the pierced buckle and oval cartouches decorated in a similar manner to the watch.
An unusual and rare form of decorationCirca 1760£18,000.00 Add to cart -
Rare Gilt Toy Metal Chatelaine and WatchA rare mid 18th Century gilt toy chatelaine and watch. Small gilt watch with chased and engraved back, white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and hands. Small chased and engrave clip, two short chains supporting the watch and two other chains, one with a key.Circa 1760£1,500.00 Add to cart
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Three Colour Gold Chatelaine Watch
A mid 18th Century French verge in a three colour gold consular case and matching chatelaine. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands. Three colour gold consular case, the back depicting scene of a sheep, basket and agricultural implements within an oval surrounded by a line engraved ground with swags. Matching three colour gold chatelaine, plain gold clip folded over to form the large three colour gold cartouche. This similarly decorated to the watch with an oval scene depicting a dog and cornucopia in a formal garden. From this hangs three further smaller cartouches each with a slightly different scene within an oval border.
Circa 1760£4,850.00 Add to cart -
Engraved Gilt Metal Chatelaine
A late 18th Century chased and engraved gilt metal chatelaine. Gilt clip buckle suspending three further oval cartouches, two extra chains also linked to the clip. Two further short chains, swivel latches with hinge and threaded safety ring, one damaged attached to the ring.
Circa 1770£750.00 Add to cart -
Gold and Moss Agate Etui
A mid 18th Century moss agate etui with gold repousse furniture. The two parts of the case constructed from panels of polished moss agate secured by repousse gold bands. Gold bow and large diamond button to open the top. The body houses a pair of gold handled scissors, gold bodkin, gold and steel double ended tweezers and file, pencil and notepad. Also included is a folding razor, the gold blade protected by a gold repousse body with panels of moss agate.
Circa 1770£6,500.00 Add to cart -
Collection of Silver Dutch Keys
Fourteen 18th and 19th Century Dutch watch keys and a silver seal. Four large examples with hinged key and pendant. Three of these repousse work, two depicting a cow on one side, a horse on the other. The fourth of these keys with large glazed apertures both sides and containing pictures of a cow and horseman. Other various repousse and cast keys and a swivel key set with two stones.
Circa 1780£1,600.00 Add to cart -
English Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch
A late 18th Century English verge in a gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Winding through the fully restored white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Gold and enamel consular case, bezels decorated in blue enamel with a row of white enamel dots to imitate split pearls. The back with a restored oval cartouche painted “en grisaille” depicting the huntress Diana and Cupid. The cartouche bordered by a row of white enamel dots and translucent green enamel over an engine turned ground. Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip faced with gold and champleve enamel., the large oval cartouche similar to that of the watch depicting Greek muse Erato and cupid. Border of blue and white champleve enamel and below seven eyelets in a green enamel scollop shaped extension. Three gold and enamel chains support a smaller gold cartouche decoration matching that of the clip, gold spring clip with threaded safety collar for the watch. Four shorter chains, each with one gold and enamel link and a hinged gold spring clip with threaded safety collar. Small gold flask enamelled “en grisaille” on both sides with a small cameo. One clip vacant, lacking the cover to the spring. The other two chains with a gilt key and small carved heart shaped stone. Later black morocco covered presentation case lined with red velvet.
Circa 1780£14,000.00 Add to cart -
Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Repeating Virgule
A late 18th Century quarter repeating Swiss virgule in a diamond and pearl set gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Rare virgule escapement, large brass escape wheel. Push pendant dumb quarter repeating on two blocks in the case. Winding through the unusual white enamel dial with Roman numerals at the quarters, Arabic numerals between them. Decorative pierced gold hands. Fine gold consular case, translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. The bezel and back both set with a single row of large split pearls. Applied white metal decoration on the back set with diamonds. Gold push pendant and bow. Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip faced with gold and champleve enamel, an oval in the centre between two split pearls One side supports the watch on two short chains, alternating square links decorated on both sides in gold and translucent dark blue enamel bordered in white. These terminate in a spring clip with threaded safety collar. The centre with a gold and enamel bell with tassels of graduated pearls supported by a row of pearls. The other side of the clip matching chain with two gold and enamel pearl set rectangular cartouches each set with a central split pearl. The lower cartouche bordered by a row of split pearls supports the accessories three further matching chains. The central chain with a matching gold and enamel oval key. The outer chains with slightly small versions of the tassel at the centre of the clip. Fitted in an unusually shaped red morocco covered case.
Circa 1790£22,000.00 Add to cart -
Exceptionally Rare Virgule Chatelaine Watch
An exceptionally rare late 18th Century Swiss centre seconds virgule with wolf’s teeth train wheels in a gold and enamel case and matching chatelaine. Unusual calibre keywind gilt movement, suspended going barrel with blue and polished steel stopwork. Plain gilt cocks for the balance and escape wheel with polished steel coquerets. Plain three arm gilt balance mounted below the gold virgule escape wheel, blue steel spiral hairspring. The polished steel regulator situated below the balance fitted with a blue steel screw to adjust but no index provided. The barrel, all train wheels and pinions with wolf’s teeth profile. Fine signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands. Fine gold and enamel case, the sprung back opened by depressing a button in the gold pendant. Signed and numbered gilt cuvette, small steel lever at the edge to stop the balance. The bezels in translucent blue and white enamel with gilt decoration. The back bordered with a repeat of the pattern, a large polychrome coat of arms on translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. Long matching macaroni gold and enamel chatelaine, the cartouches joined by four gold chains. The two inner chains of translucent dark blue enamel with gilt decoration on both faces. Gold rectangular cartouche of translucent dark blue enamel on both faces with a border matching that on the bezels of the watch. Large gold octagonal cartouche similarly decorated, on one side the coat of arms is repeated and the other the family crest. Three further short chains, the centre chain with a matching gold and enamel key a geometric pattern on one side and family crest on the other.
Circa 1790£33,000.00 Add to cart -
Diamond Set Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch
A late 19th Century English diamond and pearls gold and enamel consular cased watch with matching chatelaine. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with round pillars. Geometrically pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Converted to English table roller lever escapement. Winding through the white enamel dial with radially set Arabic numerals, decorative stone set hands. Fine gold consular case set with diamonds and pearls. The translucent dark blue enamel bezels bordered by a narrow white enamel band are both set with a single row of large split pearls. The back covered with translucent dark blue enamel over a line engine turned ground, applied white metal decoration set with diamonds. Gold pendant and bow. Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip supporting a small rectangular gold and champleve enamel cartouche bordered by split pearls. Three chains of pearls, each with a small diamond set gold and enamel link attach to a further large oval cartouche similarly decorated. This suspends the watch on pearl set links and a pearl set gold spring clip with threaded safety collar. The oval cartouche also supports two diamond set gold and enamel bells with tassels of graduated pearls and a matching gold and enamel key. Later black morocco covered presentation case lined with gray velvet.
Circa 1790£23,000.00 Add to cart -
Rare Diamond Set Visible Balance Pendant Watch
A small early 19th Century Swiss watch with visible diamond set balance in a gold and enamel diamond set shield shaped case. The unusual full plate cylinder movement following the form of the case with the balance visible on the front. Very slender bar supporting the diamond endstone, four arm balance bearing four small diamonds. The balance above a blue steel ground decorated with a polished steel cross. Below the balance a small white enamel dial of Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Blue and white champleve enamel mask bearing two serpents frame the balance and dial. Rock crystal cabochon protecting the dial and balance. The front and back borders of the case set with graduated diamonds of varying cuts, diamond set gold bow. Hinged gold back, polychrome enamel floral decoration on translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. Under the lid the winding, setting and adjusting squares. Slender gold key set with three diamonds, the top reflecting the shape of the case. Small red morocco presentation box.
Circa 1810£75,000.00 Add to cart
