The Museum's elegant pendant watch is adapted from a watch case from a gold chatelaine suite made by Richard Clarke and Son between 1815 and 1825. The chatelaine was one of the most fashionable pieces of daytime jewellery worn by European women in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Made in London, the handsome original consists of gold, enamel, white and green guilloché enamel, and bezels set with split pearls. Produced in cooperation with the British Museum, London. 18K gold overlay, hand enamelled with glass crystal and simulated glass pearls. Quartz movement. Pendant: 1 5/8''L; Chain: 32''L. Lobster claw clasp.
- 18K gold overlay
- Hand enamelled
- Glass crystal and simulated glass pearls
- Quartz movement
- Pendant: 1 5/8''L, Chain: 32''L
- Lobster claw clasp
A fashionable woman in Eighteenth or Nineteenth Century Europe would often wear a chatelaine as a daytime accessory. Worn attached to the owner's belt, a chatelaine usually consisted of a central plaque-often elaborately decorated with gold casing or enamelwork with a set of short chains hanging from it to hold a locket, watch, keys, or other items used on a daily basis.
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