7,670 CHF
Ducal Coronet Lassalle & Cie, Paris, retailed by Fontana Frères, Palais Royal, Galerie de Valois 22-23-24, Paris. Made for a Duchess "C.N.", circa 1860. Fine and rare, 18K gold and polychrome enamel, jasper, and pearl-set fob watch with matching chatelaine. Accompanied by the original fitted leather box. Four-body, "bassine" with coin-edge band, back a single piece of brown jasper with applied gold ducal crown. Hinged gold cuvette. Chatelaine: the top designed as a shield from a single piece of brown jasper mounted in yellow gold with applied enamel coat of arms, flanked by two lions rampant and surmounted by a gold, enamel, and pearl-set ducal crown, gold spoon, three gold chains; one for the watch, one for a matching seal, and another for a matching key. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
