VICTORIAN BRASS AND BLOWN GLASS LADIES' DRESSER-PIECE WATCH HUTCHES / STANDS, LOT OF FOUR
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VICTORIAN BRASS AND BLOWN GLASS LADIES' DRESSER-PIECE WATCH HUTCHES / STANDS, LOT OF FOUR, intricately formed wire and embossed/punch-decorated ormolu or brass components including fabric-backed and/or hooked watch holder components, three of them with blue glass pin trays/ring bowls including a swirl patterned example with ruffled rim, a polychrome enamel-decorated plain round bowl, and another ruffled rim example with embossed acanthus leaf and diamond pattern to its body; this example also having two floating mounts containing blown swirl patterned perfume/scent bottles and adorned at the top with a photo portrait of a child framed under glass. Each stand paired with a watch including an octagonal unidentified Elgin watch with rear monogram "W.A.D.", a 17-jewel Rockford Watch Co. example, a 7-jewel Elgin with heavily embossed stars case, and an unidentified key-wind example in silver-toned case with matching key marked "SWITZERLAND". Various makers. Mostly late 19th century. 11 1/4" HOA.
Provenance:
From a West Coast estate collection.
Condition
Excellent condition overall, glass components remarkably undamaged; some expected moderate wear and losses to gilding of each especially to largest example. Roughness along factory polished base areas of bottles/bowls, as made.
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