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312. Antique 18kt Gold and Silver Fob Chain and Watch Key, France, centering the figure of a huntsman in Baroque costume with horn astride a horse at full gallop, two pairs of hounds, a single hound, and a boar set to charge, suspending a key in the form of a stag hung over a pot, joined by knotted vine links, lg. 13 and 1 3/8 in., French guarantee stamp and partial maker’s mark. Provenance: Descendants of the Walters Family of Baltimore and New York. See lot 530 for further history. $2,000-3,000 313. 18kt Gold Open Face Pocket Watch, Tiffany & Co., the goldtone dial with Arabic numeral indicators, subsidiary seconds dial, enclosing signed 19-jewel lever escapement movement signed Touchon made for Tiffany, plain polished case with engraved initials, no. 41405, 43 mm. $600-800 314. 18kt Gold Minute Repeating Open Face Pocket Watch, Bigelow Kennard & Co., the white enamel dial with Arabic numeral indicators, subsidiary seconds dial, within plain polished case no. 88508 117, enclosing slide-activated jeweled movement no. 11676, suspended from a 14kt gold baton-link chain, 42 mm, signed, in original fitted brass-bound Boston jeweler’s box, (cuvette and verso engraved). Note: Given by Mayor Curley to his son, the Reverend Francis X. Curley, S.J., in 1955. According to Rev. William Russel, “if the honorable James Michael was a legend, so was his youngest son... as Irish as the shamrocks on the shutters of the Curley mansion on the Jamaicaway.” Proceeds to benefit the James Woods Scholarship Fund at Boston College, College of Advancing Studies. $2,000-4,000
315. Antique Snake Bracelet, the naturalistic head set with an old European-cut diamond, ruby mêlée eyes, the coiling body of woven gold, 24.3 dwt, (repairs). $1,000-1,500 316. 14kt Gold Hunting Case Pocket Watch, Hampden Watch Co., the white enamel dial with Roman numeral indicators, subsidiary seconds dial, enclosing signed jeweled nickel movement no. 247699, lever-set, within engine-turned case with cartouche, 52 mm, (scratches to case). $800-1,200 317. 14kt Gold Watch Chain, composed of twisted links, 27.0 dwt, lg. 15 1/4 in. $500-700 318. 18kt Gold and Sugarloaf Cabochon Sapphire Ring, set with a sugarloaf cabochon measuring approx. 8.00 x 6.70 x 5.30 mm, size 7. $800-1,200 319. Antique 18kt Gold Hunting Case Pocket Watch, Widenham, London, the white enamel dial with Roman numeral indicators, subsidiary seconds dial, enclosing fusee movement, within engineturned case, 51 mm, (hairlines to dial), with 18kt gold fancy link chain suspending silver and gilt-metal key, approx. 38.0 dwt, lg. 18 1/2 in. $1,800-2,200