Lot 2
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An Austrian silver-gilt, enamel, pearl, and hardstone chatelaine, Hermann Böhm, Vienna, circa 1885

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on back of hook and on ostrich
  • silver, enamel
  • length 8 5/8 in.
  • 22cm
mounted with a fully-modeled enameled figure of Diana stepping over a doe, against an openwork niche, the hook with champlevé enamel, above cupid-head chains suspending an octagonal watch in rock-crystal case, fitted with early verge movement, Vienna, circa 1790, flanked by a baroque pearl pendant of an ostrich and a ewer-form perfume flask with hardstone body and chained stopper

Condition

wear to white enamel of cupid faces and leg of Diana, otherwise good condition, nice quality and enameled on backs
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