Keys, Chains, Chatelaines, Accessories
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Rare Gold Ring Thermometer by Breguet
A rare early 19th Century thermometer by Breguet in a gold oval ring. Oval gilt plate with bimetallic strip and quadrant gears linked to a central pinion. Fine signed engine turned gold dial marked "Thermometre". Circular chapter marked in degrees and at the quarters "Glace – Tempere – Chaleur – Fievre". Gold oval case, engine turned middle, glazed on both sides to reveal the mechanism. Reeded gold swivel band to allow use as a ring or perhaps as a fob. Accompanied by a certificate from the archives showing it was sold in 1810 for 336 Francs.
Circa 1810£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 -
Fine Gold Decorative English Duplex
An early 19th Century English duplex in a fine decorative gold consular case and matching chain. Full plate fire gilt movement with gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the table of the cock and regulator disc. Fusee and chain, Harrison’s maintaining power. Pierced and engraved cock with large diamond endstone, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel. Gold engine turned dial, applied gold Arabic numerals on a matted ground, pierced gilt hands. Attractive 18 carat open face case with reeded middle, pendant and bow. Four colour gold floral decoration on the back protected by a glazed cover. Both the back glazed cover and front bezel are opened by a split button in the pendant. Long gold snake chain, two gold sliders with four colour gold decoration matching the case. "T" bar with applied gold decoration and a short snake chain and key.
Circa 1812£11,000.00 Add to cart -
Decorative Swivel Watch Key
A long early 19th Century gold cased watch key with swivel top. The shaft of the key turning freely within the engraved hexagonal gold body and ball with gilt jump ring. Engraved repousse gold top supporting a gold oval mount with a bloodstone on one side and agate on the other.
Circa 1820£275.00 Add to cart -
Seven Decorative Watch Keys
A collection of seven watch keys. The earliest an 18th Century gilt metal crank with one square for winding and setting the watch, the other for adjusting the mainspring barrel tension. The other six. Three early 19th Century watch keys ratchet keys, one an elegant long gold key with wire wound body set with a small red stone, a simple silver ratchet key and the third later gilt key with circular open body and visible spiral spring. Two further early 19th Century keys, one a small gold key set with a trapezoid shaped bloodstone, the other a long engraved silver key set with an oval yellow stone. A late 19th Century gilt metal key in the form of a pistol resembling a colt revolver.
Circa 1820£750.00 Add to cart -
Pottery Bottle with Watch Face
An unusual early 19th Century continental pottery perfume bottle. Light blue glazed body, on one side a depiction of a white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and hands. On the other a naive depiction of a young lady. Lacking stopper.
Circa 1820£350.00 Add to cart -
Long Silver Chatelaine
A mid 19th Century silver simple chatelaine of five lengths of fine curb link chain. Plain silver bars at each end and three keepers on the chains. Later shield shaped silver fob with vacant gold centre. The back engraved with details of a Euphonium competition in 1929, hallmarked Birmingham 1928.
Circa 1840£190.00 Add to cart -
Ivory Watch Stand
A 19th Century folding ivory watch stand. Central shaped plain section with a shallow indent for the body of the watch surrounded by well carved and pierced foliate decoration. The brass hook for the watch is formed as part of the hinge an folds flat when the ivory easel stand is closed.
Circa 1840£600.00 Add to cart
