Details
Formed as a knight's helmet engraved with scrollwork, the top mounted with a turquoise stone and with two cabochon rubies at the hinges of the face guard, the face guard opening to release the spring loaded manual movement watch, marked on interior with maker's mark, the watch face signed TIFFANY & CO., the reverse of the watch engraved TIFFANY & CO FRANCE 18K, further marked BREVETE S.G.D.G MODELE DESPOSE PATENTED
178 in. (4.8 cm.) high, closed
Provenance
Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984).
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Lot Essay

An identical purse watch is illustrated in John Loring, Tiffany Timepieces, New York, 2004, p. 154.

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