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Geneva, May 10, 2009
LOT 117
Musical Watch Key Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and painted on enamel keyless musical watch key.
CHF 18,000 - 22,000
USD 16,000 - 20,000 / EUR 12,000 - 15,000
C. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, wirework terminals, the suspension loop acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a painted on enamel scene of two billing white doves within a chased gold and enameled border, on the other side, the head of a winged putto. 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 52 mm. In good condition, enamel slightly restored.
Notes
An almost identical key was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, November 12, 2006, lot 140, for 49,560 Swiss Francs.