Keys, Chains, Chatelaines, Accessories

A mid 18^th Century French verge in a three colour gold consular case and matching chatelaine.  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.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands.  Three colour gold consular case, the back depicting scene of a sheep, basket and agricultural implements within an oval surrounded by a line engraved ground with swags.  Matching three colour gold chatelaine, plain gold clip folded over to form the large three colour gold cartouche.  This similarly decorated to the watch with an oval scene depicting a dog and cornucopia in a formal garden.  From this hangs three further smaller cartouches each with a slightly different scene within an oval border.

An 18^th Century Irish verge in a gold and enamel pair case and matching chatelaine.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands.  Plain gold inner case, gold pendant and stirrup bow, maker’s mark “R.H”.  Gold and enamel outer case, bezels decorated in a geometric pattern of white and blue champleve enamel.  Central enamel oval cartouche of classically dressed woman waking an angel painted “en grisaille”.   Border of white enamel dots imitating split pearls. Ed in white champleve enamel.  Surrounding the cartouche foliate decoration in translucent dark blue champleve enamel, above a tied ribbon.  Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip faced with gold decorated with a large oval depicting a classically dressed woman beside a brazier.  Hanging from the clip are three matching gold faced cartouches joined by gold rings and small enamelled cartouches.  The watch secured to the lowest cartouche by a gold spring clip with threaded safety collar.  Four further chains of gold rings and small gold and enamelled cartouches also hang from the clip each terminating in a circular gold hinged clip with threaded safety collar.  Recent maroon morocco covered fitted display box.  Lined in grey velvet, the chatelaine visible through the glazed lid, easel stand.

An 18^th Century English verge in a gold and enamel pair case with matching chatelaine.  Full plate fire gilt movement, high count train wheels with six spoke crossings and pinions of eight leaves. Pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain 22 carat inner case, gold pendant and stirrup bow, maker’s mark “DP”.  Fine 22 carat gold and enamel outer case.  The front bezel decorated in a geometric pattern of white and blue champleve enamel repeated around the back.  Central enamel oval cartouche of three cherubs painted “en grisaille” on a pink ground bordered in white champleve enamel.  Surrounding the cartouche decoration of translucent green champleve enamel and above a tied ribbon in dark blue enamel.  Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip faced with gold decorated with a large oval depicting a small cherub seated on an urn flanked by two devils.  Pink ground bordered by a band of translucent green champleve enamel and blue and white enamel decoration.  Hanging from the clip are three matching gold faced cartouches joined by gold rings and small enamelled cartouches.  The watch secured to the lowest cartouche by gilt spring clip.  Four further chains of gold rings and small gold and enamelled cartouches also hang from the clip each terminating in a gold spring clip with threaded safety collar.  Attached to the outer chains a faceted glass watch key and a gold mounted pink stone egg.  Recent maroon morocco covered fitted display box.  Lined in grey velvet, the chatelaine visible through the glazed lid, easel stand.

A late 18^th Century English verge in a gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Winding through the fully restored white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Gold and enamel consular case, bezels decorated in blue enamel with a row of white enamel dots to imitate split pearls.  The back with a restored  oval  cartouche painted “en grisaille” depicting the huntress Diana and Cupid.  The cartouche bordered by a row of white enamel dots and translucent green enamel over an engine turned ground.  Fine matching chatelaine, the gilt clip faced with gold and champleve enamel., the large oval cartouche similar to that of the watch depicting Greek muse Erato and cupid.   Border of blue and white champleve enamel and below seven eyelets in a green enamel scollop shaped extension. Three gold and enamel chains support a smaller gold cartouche decoration matching that of the clip, gold spring clip with threaded safety collar for the watch.  Four shorter chains, each with one gold and enamel link and a hinged gold spring clip with threaded safety collar.  Small gold flask enamelled “en grisaille” on both sides with a small cameo.  One clip vacant, lacking the cover to the spring.  The other two chains with a gilt key and small carved heart shaped stone.  Later black morocco covered presentation case lined with red velvet.