'Diamond & Enamel Chatelaine & Five Watch Keys' Swiss and French. Made in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Very fine, gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set chatelaine and five gold watch keys. To be sold without reserve | Important Collectors Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks | Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, 13th May 2007

Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

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?Diamond & Enamel Chatelaine & Five Watch Keys? Swiss and French. Made in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Very fine, gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set chatelaine and five gold watch keys. To be sold without reserve

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,500 - 2,200 / USD 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,956

Comprising: chatelaine with three strands of faceted gold beads, gold rectangular panel, decorated on each side with turquoise enamel with white-line and translucent green enamel border, set with rose-cut diamonds on each side, four attachments of two tassels, a watch key, decorated to match the chatelaine, a miniature cut glass perfume bottle; a propelling pencil key with hardstone- set slide, by Sampson Mordan & Co.; a key with dog?s head and hardstone-set finial; a key with lion?s head finial; a key set with two faceted square agates; a Masonic key with two swivel panels engraved with Masonic symbols. Very good overall condition. Property of an Swiss collector

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Sampson Mordan The firm was renowned for its novelty pencils and pens in silver and gold and other patented items but was also famous for a large range of other wares in silver and gold, particularly of a novelty character. The quality of objects produced was extremely high and the firm supplied many articles to a large number of top retailers, such as Asprey & Sons, Walter Thornhill & Co, Collingwood & Co and many others.