Gold and Enamel Chatelaine Watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Eighteenth century
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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Technical characteristics
- Type
- Pair case pocket watch
- Maker Mark
- DP
- Hands Style
- Beetle and poker
- Case Material
- 22-carat gold
- Movement Type
- Full plate verge with fusee and chain
- Place recorded
- England
- Maker / attribution
- Robt Ward
- Included Accessories
- Chatelaine, glass key, pink stone pendant
- Country of Manufacture
- England
Design
- Visible features
- • 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Identification
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked source listing or collection record. Attribution and specifications are source-reported and have not been independently authenticated.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: The exact identity of the maker marked 'DP' is not established
- Research required: Condition of the enamel decoration and dial requires verification