Lot 240
  • 240

ENGLISH PRISONER OF WAR MAHOGANY WATCH BOX STAND, CIRCA 1810

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • mahogany
  • Height 12 1/2 in. by 9 1/4 in. by Depth 3 1/2 in.
With a Swiss pocketwatch marked on movement: "Girardier" and "A Geneve," with decorative enamel face and chased silver on reverse.

Provenance

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 2009, lot 669.

Literature

The Lloyd Collection of Napoleonic Prisoner-of-War Artifacts;
The Arts and Crafts of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816.

Condition

Some losses and age cracks. Discoloration in the paper inserts.
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