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A late 19th century French gold chatelaine watch the chatelaine…
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Auckland
Date:
25-Feb-2020
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Description:
A late 19th century French gold chatelaine watch the chatelaine worked in unmarked gold, silver, coloured enamels and small diamonds with a coronet framed by heraldic ermine above the motto 'Potius Mori Quam Foedari' (its origins from the Order of the Ermine, a chivalric order established in Brittany); the watch with white enamel dial suspended on fleur-de-lis chains with a coat-of-arms worked in gold, silver, coloured enamels and small diamonds to the back; the dust cover engraved: 'Feuillebois-Parent, Rue St. Honore 207, Paris'; stamped with chimera import mark (pre-1873) and numbered 141214. Provenance: Family of Meffray de Cesarges, Maubec, France, by descent.
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Category:
Sundries: Chatelaines, gold and other not silver