27,600 CHF
Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1840. Exceptionally rare set of:18K gold and enamel diamond-set pendant watch.18K gold and enamel long pearl-set matching chain.18K gold and enamel diamond-set matching bracelet.18K gold and enamel diamond-set matching brooch.18K gold and enamel diamond-set matching ring.18K gold and enamel diamond-set matching chatelaine.18K gold, enamel, bloodstone and diamond-set small matching seal.All in an elaborately-shaped tortoise-shell fitted box.The watch: Four-body, "bassine et filets" with coin-edge band, back with translucent Imperial blue enamel over engine-turning, center with diamond-set flowers, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Complete sets such as this one are exceptionally rare, and afford a fascinating view of how jewelry was really worn at the time. Thus, we learn that wearing a watch on a chatelaine was still in fashion in the mid-19th century, that watches were worn sometimes on chatelaines, sometimes as pendants on chains, and sometimes as a fob hanging from a brooch. Such sets were very often broken up during estate divisions.This is the first time we have ever seen such a fine and complete set.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
