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Gold and Enamel Musical Seal

An early 19^th Century Swiss gold and enamel musical seal. Oval musical movement on a barrel with pins at its edge operating 9 steel tinges. Centrally wound by the top ring through the free-standing superstructure of gold and enamel. Reeded oval band with the seal left plain. Lateral slide to control musical train.

Circa 1830

£1,750.00 Read more
Turquoise Set Musical Pendant

An unusual 19^th Century Swiss musical movement in a turquoise set gold hunter case. Circular gilt musical movement with a large barrel driving a pinned disc engaging with twenty tignes. Gold clip on cover to the movement chased and engraved on a matted ground. Gold hunter case decoratively chased and engraved, set with turquoise on both side. Small aperture on the back for the male key, the front cover opened by a button in the gold pendant. Gold key with male square.

An unusual decorative piece made in the form of a pocket watch, perhaps to accompany one of similar design on a chain

Circa 1830

£10,750.00 Read more
Gold and Enamel Watch and Chatelaine

An early 19^th Century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel case with matching chatelaine. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. Winding through the gold engine turned dial, white enamel minute ring and cartouches of Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Gold open face case with gold pendant and bow, ribbed middle, pearl set bezels. The back decorated with a pearl set floral display in translucent blue enamel over an engine turned ground. Gold and enamel chatelaine. Hinged gilt clip to the buckle, polychrome scene of cherubs on a blue background. Suspended from the buckle are three broad chains and four fine pierced chains, all decorated with translucent blue enamel oval and diamond shaped cartouches. Central rectangular shield with blue translucent enamel and a polychrome cherub within a pearl set border. Three further broad chains are suspended from the shield, the watch hanging from the central one. Attached to the broad chains at the outside of the buckle are a gold key and agate seal, both mounted on swivels and decorated with blue and white enamel.

Circa 1830

£13,000.00 Read more
Gold Quarter Repeating Ruby Cylinder

A 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating ruby cylinder with offset seconds by Courvoisier in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock, polished steel parachute with garnet endstone, blue steel regulator, temperature compensation curb. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Ruby cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds offset at 3 o’clock, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle, maker’s mark “CAD”. Wound and set through the signed gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1830

£2,600.00 Read more
Silver Full Hunter Verge

An early 19^th Century English verge in a silver full hunter case. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Engraved cock with garnet endstone, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm polished steel balance. Numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Substantial plain silver full hunter case, maker's mark “CH”.

Hallmarked London 1830

£550.00 Read more
Turquoise and Pearl Set Verge

A small early 19^th Century Swiss verge in a turquoise and pearl set open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. Winding though the engine turned gold dial, white enamel minute ring and cartouches of Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Small 18 carat open face case with pearl set bezels, ribbed middle. The matted gold back with applied two colour gold decoration and small turquoise.

Circa 1830

£1,500.00 Read more
Gold Quarter Repeating Cylinder

A 19^th Century French quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel parachute suspension, blue steel regulator with bi-metallic temperature compensation. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Push quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Engine turned silver dial, Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Engine turned gold open face case with engine turned middle. Gold repeating push in the pendant which is pulled out and twisted a quarter of a turn before use. Wound through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.

Circa 1830

£2,650.00 Read more
Stone Set Gold Chain and Key

An early 19^th Century 18 carat gold mesh link double chain with two sliders set with oval black onyx on both sides. Hinged gold swivel eye secured by a threaded collar. Unusual matching gold key with two black onyx stones for the “T” bar, the shaft of the key retracting into the body.

Circa 1830

£795.00 Read more
Turquoise Set Gold Swiss Lever

A 19^th Century Swiss lever in a decorative three colour gold open face case set with turquoise. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Ratchet tooth lever escapement. Signed engine turned gold dial with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Attractive 18 carat open face case with applied three colour gold decoration and set with turquoise on the back and bezels. Wound and set through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.

Circa 1830

£1,800.00 Read more
Slim Gold Swiss Cylinder and Key

A very slim early 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in an engraved open face case with male ratchet key. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, delicate blue steel hands. Slim engraved and engine turned 18 carat open face case. Wound and set with a male key through the engraved and engine turned gold cuvette. Short gold chain, gilt ratchet key with a male square.

Circa 1830

£1,200.00 Read more
Gold and Enamel Turkish Market Verge

An early 19^th Century French verge made for the Turkish market in a decorative gold and enamel case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Fully restored signed white enamel dial with numerals, gilt hands. Attractive gold and enamel case, the bezels set with split pearls. The back decorated in a radial pattern of raised panels of polychrome enamel of foliate design on alternating grounds of red and green.

Circa 1830

£4,900.00 Read more
Gold Musical Seal with Erotic Automaton

An early 19^th Century Swiss gold musical seal containing an automated erotic scene. Oval musical movement. Situated above the movement a polychrome scene of a couple who spring to life when the music plays. Centrally wound by the top ring through the free-standing superstructure of gold representations of serpents. Decorated oval band, hinged seal which conceals the scene left plain. Lateral slide to control musical train.

Circa 1830

£11,750.00 Read more