Sale 4991
London, South Kensington
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12 September 2006
Price realised
GBP 1,020
Estimate
A keyless pocket watch with chain, a comb and a bracelet The 18ct. gold half-hunter pocketwatch with white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, the chapter ring with blue enamel Roman numerals, the case back with white and orange enamels initials 'A.C.', the cuvette engraved January 1875, the dial and movement signed Thos Russell & Son, hallmarked London 1863, to an 18ct. gold curb link chain suspending a fob seal modelled as a knight's helmet with vacant oval cornelian matrix; a 9ct. gold cut-cornered rectangular engined turned comb case, hallmarked London 1935; and a 9ct. gold flattened fancy curb link bracelet (4)
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