24,000 CHF
Oval Musical Watch Key Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and painted on enamel keyless musical watch key. Two-body, oval, wirework scroll terminals, the suspension loop acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a shield-shaped painted on enamel scene of an alpine landscape, three turquoise petal flowers above, within a chased gold and royal blue enameled border, on the other side, a spray of flowers on a turquoise ground within a chased gold flower and leaf border. 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. 32 x 53 mm. In very good condition. in a very good condition
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-10-04
