Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Mar 16, 2008
LOT 47
French, Swiss and English. Made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Fine, forty-five, gold, gilt metal and hardstone-set watch keys.
CHF 5,500 - 7,000
USD 5,000 - 6,300 / EUR 3,400 - 4,300
Sold: CHF 7,200
Comprising: a gold and carnelian ball-form key; another agate ball-form key; a large oval hardstone-set swivel fob; a fine key in the form of a coiled snake; a lyre form key; a gold and glass cameo key decorated with a dog and a sheep; a gold and coral-set flower key; a gold and carved amethyst horseshoe-form key; a gold and ebony sprung expanding key; a gold engraved lozenge-form key; a gold and faceted glass-set key; a large gold foliate chased and hardstone-set key; a steel cross-form key; three gold ratchet keys; thirteen small gold fancy keys; two large gold powder flask-form keys; four gilt metal fancy keys; a gilt brass ratchet key; four gilt metal keys for the Chinese market signed Hope Bros, Shanghai; two metal fancy keys and three brass keys with English retail names. In good condition, some wear
