Lot Essay
A similar watch and match safe was sold at Christie's, New York, October 29, 1990, lot 102.
Details
A SUPERB ENAMELLED GOLD BELLE EPOQUE DRESS WATCH, MATCH SAFE AND MECHANICAL PENCIL
SIGNED CARTIER, PARIS
Each finely guilloché with translucent blue enamel, the watch and match safe also enamelled with band of laurel garlands and paterae on white ground, the telescoping pencil within a similarly enamelled sleeve enhanced with white and green reeding, the unsigned gilt keyless lever watch movement of typical calibre, engine turned silvered dial signed Cartier et Fils Paris, Londres, arabic chapters, blued steel hands, the case numbered 1230, maker's mark illegible, the circular match safe, signed Cartier, Paris, the pencil, numbered 535, with makers' marks, C.S [?] in lozenge, and incuse M.O, c. 1910--48mm. diam of watch (3)
SIGNED CARTIER, PARIS
Each finely guilloché with translucent blue enamel, the watch and match safe also enamelled with band of laurel garlands and paterae on white ground, the telescoping pencil within a similarly enamelled sleeve enhanced with white and green reeding, the unsigned gilt keyless lever watch movement of typical calibre, engine turned silvered dial signed Cartier et Fils Paris, Londres, arabic chapters, blued steel hands, the case numbered 1230, maker's mark illegible, the circular match safe, signed Cartier, Paris, the pencil, numbered 535, with makers' marks, C.S [?] in lozenge, and incuse M.O, c. 1910--48mm. diam of watch (3)