Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 375
?Gold & Hairwork? English and Dutch. Late 18th century. Very fine and extremely rare, two large gold watch keys with hairwork panels. To be sold without reserve
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,500 - 3,700 / USD 3,300 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 7,670
The first: rectangular, gold frame with repousse foliate terminals, one side decorated with a hairwork cornucopia of flowers, the back with a similar hairwork panel, brooch pin fitting. The second: oval, gold frame with repousse foliate terminals, one side decorated with a memorial hairwork panel of a sarcophagus in a landscape, the other with hairwork palm-leaves and initials. Very good overall condition. Property of an Swiss collector
