99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 473
Swiss, Case No. 40239, 52 mm, 103 g, circa 1865
An unusual silver hunting case pocket watch with date and moon phase and watch chain
Case: silver, monogrammed. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, screw compensation balance.
Attached to the chain are a boar tusk and two silver coins: A "Vereinsthaler der Freien Stadt Frankfurt" (minted in the free city of Frankfurt) and a 1/2- or 1/4 "Kronentaler" issued by the Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire with the inscription "IOSEPH.II.D.G.R.I.S.A.GER.HIE.HVN.BOH.REX." (Joseph II - by the Grace of God - Roman Emperor - Augustus - King of Germany, Jerusalem, Hungary and Bohemia). The female depicted on the Vereinsthaler is thought to be Anna of Nordheim, allegedly a lover of Baron Rothchild.
An unusual silver hunting case pocket watch with date and moon phase and watch chain
Case: silver, monogrammed. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, screw compensation balance.
Attached to the chain are a boar tusk and two silver coins: A "Vereinsthaler der Freien Stadt Frankfurt" (minted in the free city of Frankfurt) and a 1/2- or 1/4 "Kronentaler" issued by the Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire with the inscription "IOSEPH.II.D.G.R.I.S.A.GER.HIE.HVN.BOH.REX." (Joseph II - by the Grace of God - Roman Emperor - Augustus - King of Germany, Jerusalem, Hungary and Bohemia). The female depicted on the Vereinsthaler is thought to be Anna of Nordheim, allegedly a lover of Baron Rothchild.
Sold
estimated
1.500—3.000 €
Price realized
900 €