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An Imperial Presentation silver and gold chatelaine and watch, Charles Oudin, Paris, circa 1890
Estimate
Double Dagger
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8,000 — 10,000
GBP
LOT SOLD. 18,125 GBP
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455
An Imperial Presentation silver and gold chatelaine and watch, Charles Oudin, Paris, circa 1890
Estimate
Double Dagger
Indicates that the lot is being sold whilst subject to Temporary Importation, and that VAT is due at the reduced rate
8,000 — 10,000
GBP
LOT SOLD. 18,125 GBP
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Details & Cataloguing

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An Imperial Presentation silver and gold chatelaine and watch, Charles Oudin, Paris, circa 1890
cast and chased as two Imperial eagles, the watch suspending from a ribbon inscribed in Russian 'For Love and Fatherland', the watch face inscribed 'Ch Oudin/ Palais Royal 52', the movement numbered 25418, the chatelaine hook with illegible French maker's mark, Russian import mark, scratched number 5284 and inscribed 'le tout/ 1500'
height 16cm, 6 3/8 in.
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Provenance

Christie's New York, 20 October 1999, lot 90

Catalogue Note

Oudin supplied several Royal Courts in Europe throughout the 19th century.  Princess Dagmar of Denmark was given a pearl-set Oudin watch by her future mother-in-law Empress Maria Alexandrovna before her marriage to the future Emperor Alexander III.

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