107th Auction

2022/11/19

Lot 251

Anonymous

A set of 2 unusual, spectacular watch keys with peepholes for miniature photographs

estimated
1.8003.000 €
Price realized
-
specific features
Case
Brass, gilt, glass.
Dial
,
Movement
,
Diam.54 und 57 mm
Circa1860
Ctry.France


This is a marvellous set of two spectacular and extremely rare pocket watch keys: one is decorated with a locomotive, has a peephole in the boiler showing the Tuileries Palace in Paris. The second key has the form of a troubadour. The side hole sits in the middle of his body and shows four more sights of Paris: Colonne Vendôme, Colonne de Juillet, Tour Saint Jacques and Tour Saint Germain.