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Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch

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This eighteenth-century English pocket watch is presented with a matching gold and enamel chatelaine. The watch features a 22-carat gold pair case, with the inner case being plain and the outer case decorated with blue and white champlevé enamel geometric patterns. The back of the outer case contains an oval enamel panel depicting three cherubs in en grisaille style against a pink background, surrounded by white, transparent green, and dark blue enamel borders. The watch includes a gold stirrup bow signed with the initials "DP". The movement is a full-plate verge type with fire-gilt finish, fusee and chain, diamond endstone, and a pierced, engraved balance cock. The white enamel dial displays Roman numerals for hours and Arabic numerals for minutes, with blued-steel beetle and poker hands. The accompanying chatelaine consists of a gilt clip with enamel medallions, chain attachments, a glass winding key, and a pink stone pendant.

The gold and enamel pocket watch attached to its matching chatelaine, featuring a winding key and stone pendant, displayed in its case.
The gold and enamel pocket watch attached to its matching chatelaine, featuring a winding key and stone pendant, displayed in its case. — Zamanito. Rights pending — permission not yet requested. Original source

Catalogue identity

Source
zamanito.com
Category
Pocket watch · Pair case pocket watch
Maker / attribution
Robt Ward
Reference
Not recorded
Catalogue / lot identifier
Source URL identifies the listing
Source-reported date
Eighteenth century
Source-reported place
England

Source-reported attribution and specifications are not independent authentication. A listing does not establish present ownership, current display, availability or permission to reproduce.

Object description

Case and Enamel Decoration

The watch is housed in a 22-carat gold pair case. The outer case displays complex enamel work, incorporating both geometric champlevé and painted enamel techniques. The bezel and outer edges feature white and blue geometric patterns.

This central scene is set against a pink ground and framed by multiple layers of colored enamel, including a dark blue ribbon motif, transparent green, and white borders.

Evidence for this section
  • “قاب بیرونی از جنس طلای ۲۲ عیار بوده و زه جلویی آن با الگوی هندسی مینای شمپلِوه (Champlevé) سفید و آبی تزیین شده است”
  • “در مرکز پشت قاب، یک کتیبه بیضی‌شکل میناکاری با تصویر سه فرشته (Cherub) به سبک گریزیل (En grisaille) روی زمینه‌ای صورتی نقش بسته”

Movement and Dial

The timepiece is powered by an English full-plate verge movement featuring fire-gilt plates. Technical specifications include a fusee and chain power delivery system, a simple three-armed steel balance with a blued steel hairspring, and a diamond endstone. The balance cock is pierced and engraved.

The dial is composed of white enamel and bears Roman numeral hour markers with Arabic numeral minute indicators. It is equipped with blued steel hands in the beetle and poker style. The dial currently shows a hairline crack, and the assembly includes a silver regulator disc.

Evidence for this section
  • “موتور ساعت یک نمونه صفحه کامل (Full plate) با پوشش طلاکاری آتشین (Fire gilt) و سیستم مهار فیوزه و زنجیر (Fusee and chain) است”
  • “صفحه ساعت از جنس مینای سفید با ارقام رومی برای ساعت‌شماری و ارقام عربی در مقیاس بیرونی برای دقایق طراحی شده است”

Chatelaine and Accessories

The watch is accompanied by a matching chatelaine, which features a gilt clip decorated with various enamel medallions in shades of pink, green, blue, and white. This clip supports multiple chain strands that hold the watch, a faceted glass winding key, and an egg-shaped pink stone pendant.

The entire set is presented in a modern display case finished in tan Moroccan leather with a glass lid. The auction description reports that the enamels and the hairline crack on the dial should be carefully inspected by collectors.

Evidence for this section
  • “شاتلن همخوان این ساعت دارای گیره زراندود با روکش طلا است که با مدالیون بزرگی از مینای صورتی، سبز شفاف، آبی و سفید تزئین شده است”
  • “کل مجموعه در یک جعبه نمایش اختصاصی مدرن با روکش چرم مراکشی خرمایی و درب شیشه‌ای قرار دارد”

Open research questions

  • What is the significance or full name associated with the 'DP' mark on the stirrup bow?
  • Does the chatelaine structure align with documented eighteenth-century English assembly patterns for paired watch sets?

Source evidence

Recorded claims and source quotations for Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch
FieldSource-reported valueSource quotation
Maker MarkDP“نشان سازنده با حروف لاتین «DP» روی آن ثبت شده است”
Case Material22-carat gold“قاب درونی از طلای ۲۲ عیار ساده ساخته شده”
Movement TypeFull plate verge with fusee and chain“موتور ساعت یک نمونه صفحه کامل (Full plate) با پوشش طلاکاری آتشین (Fire gilt) و سیستم مهار فیوزه و زنجیر (Fusee and chain) است”
Country of ManufactureEngland“ساخت انگلستان”
Hands StyleBeetle and poker“عقربه‌های فولادی آبی‌کاری‌شده به سبک کلاسیک سوسک و سیخک (Beetle and poker)”
Included AccessoriesChatelaine, glass key, pink stone pendant“شاتلن همخوان طلا و مینا، کلید تراش‌خورده شیشه‌ای، آویز سنگ صورتی”

Visible details

  • The dial features a visible hairline fracture
  • Blued steel hands in beetle and poker style
  • Case features champlevé enamel decoration
  • Enamel panel on case back in en grisaille style

Research qualifications

  • The exact identity of the maker marked 'DP' is not established
  • Condition of the enamel decoration and dial requires verification

Photograph identity and source facts were screened before import; rights clearance remains pending.

Consulted source

Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch

Reviewed 2026-11-02 · Record 0b99f75c53

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