16,250 CHF
MUSICAL WATCH KEY Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and painted on enamel keyless musical watch key. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, wirework terminals, the suspension loop acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a painted on enamel landscape scene, gold and enameled fl ower border, on the other side, fl owers and fruit on a blue ground. 27 x 19 mm., brass petit barillet with pinned cylinder, eight blued steel tuned teeth in a vertical stack, start/ stop lever in the side of the case. Dim. 30 x 54 mm. Notes An almost identical key was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, November 12, 2006, lot 140, for 49,560 Swiss Francs..
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
