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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 183

Musical Watch Key Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and polychrome enamel pendant-wound musical watch key.

C. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, wirework terminals, the suspension loop acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a polychrome enamel view of an alpine watermill within a leaf border with four turquiose enamel dots and a further border decorated with royal blue and red enamel, on the other side, a polychrome enamel panel of flowers and fruit within a matching border. M. 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 23 mm.