Details
METAL: 18k (750) yellow gold
NATURAL PEARLS: seed natural pearls
TURQUOISE: turquoise round cabochon
MOVEMENT: mechanical
DATE: circa 1830
MARKS: signed Ls Duchene et fils, case is numbered

SIZE/DIMENSIONS: dial diameter 4.7 cm, verge pocket watch total lenght 6.6 cm
GROSS WEIGHT: 59.2 grams
Provenance
Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria.
Thence by descent.

For further details, from the Secret House Archives of the Wittelsbachs in the Main State Archives:
The codicil (supplement) to Prince Regent Luitpold’s will (May 28, 1858) was decreed on July 7, 1864:

Addendum 9
"We ask our dearly beloved sister Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena, who was brought up with us, to accept the pocket watch (studded with turquoise) on our desk of our blessed mother, ….., as a sign of our brotherly love ."

Incidentally, Adelgunde died childless which is probably why the watch went to her niece Adelgunde of Bavaria, and thence by descent.

Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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