Sold for:
49,560 CHF
49,560 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 view of an alpine lakeshore with a boat and within a flower border, on the other, a similar view. 27 x 19 mm., brass with pinned cylinder, eight blued steel tuned teeth in a vertical stack, start/stop lever in the side of the case. Dim. 30 x 40 mm. In good condition.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
