{"title":"The Drawer","description":"Pocket watch stands, holders, boxes and cases, the things made to hold a watch when it was not in the pocket. Black Forest carving, Art Nouveau bronze and Victorian walnut, each piece researched, dated and described as it is.","products":[{"product_id":"victorian-sliding-watch-case-painted-iris-foliage-c-1880-1910","title":"Spa Painted Sliding-Lid Watch Case, Iris on Both Faces, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sliding-lid pocket watch case in pale wood, hand-painted on both faces with a blue iris and green foliage. The lid slides back to hold a pocket watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rectangular sliding-lid case in pale wood, made to hold a pocket watch. Both faces are hand-painted with a blue iris and trailing foliage in blue, green and white against the bare wood. The lid slides back along grooved edges to take the watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other face carries an iris bud and a trailing sprig around a blue velvet-lined well, and is lettered \"SPA\": a souvenir of the Belgian resort town, long known for its painted woodwork. It dates from c.1890 to 1910 and keeps its original painted decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254355808595,"sku":"CI-0001","price":125.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"victorian-souvenir-watch-case-painted-four-leaf-clover-c-1880-1910","title":"Interlaken Souvenir Watch Case and Stand, Four-Leaf Clover, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA square sliding-lid pocket watch case in pale wood, hand-painted with a four-leaf clover and \"Interlaken\" in cursive script. Made as a good-luck souvenir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA square sliding-lid case in pale wood, made to hold a pocket watch. The lid is hand-painted with a four-leaf clover and the place name \"Interlaken\" in cursive script, a good-luck souvenir of the resort in the Bernese Oberland. The lid slides off to reveal an inner panel that tilts up to stand the watch in a red velvet-lined well, notched at the top for the pendant. The original paint has one small loss to a leaf tip at the lid seam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254355841363,"sku":"CI-0002","price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_e7d7db66-9a4c-4177-a79d-fa4ae5d23709.jpg?v=1783694717"},{"product_id":"black-forest-carved-watch-case-floral-wreath-lid-c-1900","title":"Black Forest Carved Watch Case, Floral Wreath Lid, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dark-stained carved wooden pocket watch case, hinged at one end and opening to a round well lined in blue velvet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lid is carved with a wreath of fern fronds and small five-petal flowers tied with a ribbon bow, on a finely grooved ground, and the sides are cut with vertical flutes. The rim of the well is cut away at the far end for the pendant. The dark stain and deep carving are typical of the carved souvenir work of Brienz and the Black Forest in the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254356726099,"sku":"CI-0003","price":130.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_a1a623e2-09bd-4f7d-8907-9d401d058c38.jpg?v=1783694500"},{"product_id":"black-forest-carved-wood-watch-holder-edelweiss-flower-c-1880-1920","title":"Swiss Carved Pocket Watch Case, Edelweiss Lid, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA folding pocket watch case in carved wood, the hinged lid carved with an edelweiss above a band lettered LUZERN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lid is carved in relief with an edelweiss on a textured ground, above a band lettered \"LUZERN\" with the final N cut in reverse. It closes over a velvet-lined well notched for the pendant, and the sides are carved with vertical flutes. The lettering marks it as a Lucerne souvenir, carved in the Swiss Brienz manner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254356758867,"sku":"CI-0004","price":145.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_93c1d71e-c345-4c0f-8058-5427e3d63376.jpg?v=1783694319"},{"product_id":"carved-edelweiss-watch-holder-hinged-lid-c-1880","title":"Carved Edelweiss Watch Holder with Hinged Lid, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA carved wood pocket watch holder with a hinged cover, the face carved with an edelweiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pocket watch holder in carved wood, with a hinged cover. The face is carved with an edelweiss, its petals radiating from a central boss against an incised hatched ground, with ribbed sides. It opens to a velvet-lined circular well that holds the watch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254356922707,"sku":"CI-0005","price":140.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_7fa853d5-1d2e-4c8a-a053-0017c76b8ee0.jpg?v=1783694316"},{"product_id":"french-pyrenees-souvenir-watch-holder-eaux-chaudes-carved-wood-c-1870-1910","title":"Eaux Chaudes Souvenir Holder from the French Pyrénées, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small carved wood souvenir holder, inscribed 'Eaux Chaudes', the spa village in the Ossau valley of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, just south of Laruns. Around 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254356955475,"sku":"CI-0006","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_f50abce4-f5dd-4339-8d7f-8f54e021aaba.jpg?v=1783694315"},{"product_id":"black-forest-carved-rectangular-watch-box-honey-fruitwood-c-1880-1920","title":"Chamonix Souvenir Watch Box, Carved Ribbon and Flowers, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rectangular carved watch box in honey-toned wood, the lid carved with a ribbon inscribed CHAMONIX among flowers and leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rectangular carved box in honey-toned wood, made to hold a pocket watch. The lid is carved in low relief with a ribbon inscribed CHAMONIX among flowers and leaves; the sides are plain, with stepped mouldings, and inside a raised ring cut for the pendant forms the watch well. The carving is well preserved, with no significant chips or cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254383989075,"sku":"CI-0007","price":125.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_1ee842de-9908-4929-8ab7-128174eb9dc0.jpg?v=1783694514"},{"product_id":"carved-hexagonal-watch-box-bird-and-leaf-lid","title":"Carved Hexagonal Box, Bird and Leaf Lid, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hexagonal hinged box in dark-stained wood, carved with a bird among stylised leaves on the lid and leaf sprays on the side panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lid is carved in the Black Forest manner with a bird among stylised leaves on a matted ground, and the lower side panels carry carved leaf sprays. Suitable for a pocket watch or small items.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254386479443,"sku":"CI-0008","price":145.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_53e49ae4-fa83-4c4d-86cd-8ee9b3ca822c.jpg?v=1783694510"},{"product_id":"victorian-slope-front-watch-stand-green-velvet-c-1880","title":"Victorian Slope-Front Watch Stand, Green Velvet Well, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA slope-fronted walnut-stained watch stand with a round green velvet-padded well and wooden retaining tab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA slope-fronted pocket watch stand in walnut-stained wood, on a moulded plinth. The sloping front board is cut with a round well padded with green velvet and notched at the top for the pendant, with a wooden tab to retain the watch. A plain, functional bedside piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pocket watch shown in the photographs is for scale and is not included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254421082451,"sku":"CI-0009","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_6ff361ad-2110-4707-8f46-4c19d206021f.jpg?v=1783694510"},{"product_id":"leather-book-form-watch-stand-c-1880","title":"Leather Book-Form Watch Stand, Bee-Engraved Brass Clasp, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small hinged 'book-style' watch case in brown leather with a brass clasp, opening to a velvet-lined well for the watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small hinged pocket watch case covered in brown leather, with a brass clasp and hinge. The book rests at an angle on a stepped plinth. Its front cover, cut with a round window, opens on a spine hinge to a single velvet-lined well notched at the top for the pendant, so the dial shows through the window when the cover is closed. The brass hasp is engraved with a Napoleonic bee. Made to stand on a bedside table for overnight watch storage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254422294867,"sku":"CI-0010","price":130.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_26b78c24-d7e2-4bb8-96db-6666cf67b8f3.jpg?v=1783694511"},{"product_id":"victorian-walnut-panel-watch-holder-brass-figural-hook-c-1870-1910","title":"Stained Wood Pocket Watch Stand with a Cast Brass Shakespeare Hook","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dark-stained wooden panel with a cast brass figural hook, from which a pocket watch hangs by its bow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pocket watch holder in dark-stained wood, a flat panel with a curved top. A small cast brass figural hook, in the form of William Shakespeare writing at a desk above the motto NOT FOR AN AGE BUT FOR ALL TIME, is mounted to the panel; the watch hangs from it by its bow. Made to stand on a dressing table or bedside table, supported by a shaped strut at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254472462675,"sku":"CI-0011","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_015281.jpg?v=1786219206"},{"product_id":"german-pocket-watch-stand-pastoral-scene-c-1931","title":"Pewter Pocket Watch Stand, Pastoral Scene in Relief, c.1931","description":"\u003cp\u003eA German pocket watch stand of about 1931, its tilted oval plate cast in relief with a herdsman and his animals beneath a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plate sits at an angle on a hammered stem and a domed round foot with a hatched scallop border. A beaded rim frames the scene, and a teardrop crest at the top carries a wire hook for the watch bow. A herdsman in a broad-brimmed hat sits beneath a tree by a rail fence, a cow stands in profile and other animals lie in the grass, with a farmstead on the horizon. The stand is marked D.R.G.M. 1 152 792, a German registration of 1931.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254472528211,"sku":"CI-0012","price":135.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01550.jpg?v=1786219621"},{"product_id":"neoclassical-watch-stand-pin-dish-c-1900","title":"Neoclassical Revival Watch Stand on a Pin Dish, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Neoclassical revival pocket watch stand of about 1900: a round ringed watch plate with a hook and palmette crest, on a fluted column rising from a pin dish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA desk stand for a pocket watch, cast and spun in yellow metal. The watch hangs from a hook set in the crest and rests against a round plate grooved with concentric rings. A palmette rises between scrolls and leaves above it, palmette ears project at each side and an oval cartouche hangs below. The plate sits on a fluted column flanked by scroll brackets hung with pine cones, with a gadrooned collar at its foot. The column stands in a shallow pin dish decorated in low relief with scrolling foliage within a lobed border, on a stepped round foot. Stamped DÉPOSÉ and E C beneath the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254472626515,"sku":"CI-0013","price":145.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01464.jpg?v=1786218979"},{"product_id":"art-nouveau-watch-stand-paris-opera-souvenir-c-1900","title":"Art Nouveau Copper-Finish Watch Stand, Paris Opéra Tray, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Art Nouveau pocket watch stand in copper-finished white metal, its base formed as a small footed tray embossed with the Paris Opéra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe watch hangs from a wire hook at the crest, in front of a hammer-textured, dished plate within a ribbed frame. Sprays of stylised roses flank a pierced panel of upright bars and a ring, long looped arms sweep down both sides, and the body curves forward into the tray, where the façade of the Palais Garnier is shown in relief, lettered L'Opéra above and Paris below. The reverse is stamped \"Importé de Bavière\": it was made in Bavaria for the French market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254472659283,"sku":"CI-0014","price":145.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01508.jpg?v=1786219121"},{"product_id":"art-nouveau-cast-metal-pocket-watch-stand-c-1900","title":"Art Nouveau Porte-Montre in Patinated Cast Metal, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Art Nouveau porte-montre in patinated cast metal, with a flared stem and a dished watch cradle framed by whiplash scrolls and blossoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Art Nouveau porte-montre (watch stand) in patinated cast metal. The rounded triangular foot is cast with whiplash leaf lines and small flower sprays and rises into a flared stem, which curls over to carry a dished circular watch cradle. The cradle is framed by whiplash ribbon scrolls with a cluster of blossoms at either side and a pierced crest, where a wire hook set in a small rosette holds the watch by its bow. The surface has an even bronze-brown patina. A Continental Art Nouveau piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254472855891,"sku":"CI-0015","price":165.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01494.jpg?v=1786219064"},{"product_id":"french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-etched-grapevine-c-1890","title":"French Bevelled-Glass Jewel Casket, Etched Grapevine, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Napoleon III style jewel casket in thick bevelled glass, etched with grapevine on the back and both ends and standing on four scroll feet. Small, footed and complete, with its original silk lining still in place.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA French bevelled-glass jewel casket of the Belle Epoque in the Napoleon III style, the small footed coffret form, etched with grapevine decoration on the back and both ends and still holding its original silk plush lining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaskets like this were made in France from the Second Empire into the early 1900s as display cases for jewellery and wedding keepsakes, the thick bevelled glass letting the contents be seen from every side. This one is decorated on three panels, the back and both ends, with a frosted design of grape leaves and tendrils, the hand-finished decoration that separates a better casket from a plain one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glass sits in a silvered base-metal frame with a beaded rim and toothed bezels, foliate corner mounts and four rococo scroll feet. The base is a stamped floral panel over a herringbone ground. The silvering has worn and tarnished with age and the brass shows through at the hinge and the high points, as it does on almost every casket of this type and date. The hinged lid closes flush on a clasp that is still tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is the original silk plush lining, matted and darkened to a soft gold over the years but complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe casket measures 90mm long by 60mm wide by 75mm high. It carries no maker's mark, which is usual for the type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound and complete, with its feet, glass and lining all intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903893852499,"sku":"CI-0028","price":375.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-etched-grapevine-c-1890-1.jpg?v=1788989592"},{"product_id":"french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-swing-handle-c-1890","title":"French Bevelled-Glass Jewel Casket, Basket Handle, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA French bevelled-glass jewel casket of the basket-handle form, in gilt brass with its original silk cushion, Belle Epoque, in the Napoleon III style.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA French bevelled-glass jewel casket of the basket-handle form, in gilt brass and thick bevelled glass, in the Napoleon III style and made around 1880 to 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is built from six thick bevelled glass panels set into a gilt-brass frame, with sawtooth galleries running every edge and a beaded rope border to each face, standing on four stamped rococo scroll feet and carrying a fixed twisted barley-form handle over the top. The original silk display cushion sits in the base, and two lids hinge from the central ridge under the handle, each closing on its own thumb clasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese caskets were a staple of the French fancy-goods trade, holding rings and small jewellery and often carried home as travel souvenirs. This is a plain-glass example, without a painted or place-named panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gilding has worn to a warm copper on the high points, the feet and the handle, consistent with age and not polished. The glass is intact, with no cracks or chips. The bail handle shows old solder at its joints and one of the two clasps is slightly loose but still catches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903893918035,"sku":"CI-0029","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-swing-handle-c-1890-1.jpg?v=1788990275"},{"product_id":"beveled-glass-souvenir-casket-two-views-of-blankenberghe-c-1905","title":"Bevelled Glass Souvenir Casket, Two Views of Blankenberghe, c.1905","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Belgian seaside souvenir in bevelled glass and gilt brass, carrying two photographic views of Blankenberghe with iridescent mother-of-pearl laid over the prints.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA French bevelled-glass souvenir casket in gilt-brass mounts, made around 1900 to 1910 as a keepsake of Blankenberghe, the Belgian North Sea resort. It carries two views of the town, one on each lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thick bevelled glass panels are set in a gilt-brass frame with a crimped gallery running every edge, four stamped foliate feet, two glass lids hinged along the central ridge, each with its own front clasp, and a bail handle over the top. Two of the panels hold photographic views behind the glass: one captioned Blankenberghe, showing the beach with its bathing tents and deck chairs, the other Blankenberghe, L'Estacade, showing the timber harbour jetty with a sailing smack alongside. Over both prints lie fine slivers of iridescent mother-of-pearl, the inlay that catches the light as the box is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is a ruched pink silk pincushion in the base and a cream silk lining to the lid, the casket built to sit on a dressing table and hold rings or small jewellery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition is very good for age. The bevelled glass is all present and intact, with light cloudiness and fine surface scratches consistent with use. The gilding shows honest overall wear and rubbing across the mounts and feet. Both hinges and both clasps work, and the lids close securely. The four feet are solid. The bail handle appears original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlankenberghe grew into one of the busiest Belgian seaside resorts in the years before the First World War, and its estacade and beach were photographed and sold to visitors on caskets, boxes and cards exactly like this one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903893950803,"sku":"CI-0030","price":345.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/beveled-glass-souvenir-casket-two-views-of-blankenberghe-c-1905-1.jpg?v=1788990289"},{"product_id":"serpent-porte-montre-in-brass-signed-dinant-c-1910","title":"Serpent Porte-Montre in Brass, Stamped Dinant, c.1900-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA brass serpent coiled to hold a pocket watch by the bow, struck DINANT for the Belgian brass town whose name it carries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pocket watch stand cast in brass as a serpent, made in Dinant and struck with the town's name on the coil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinant sits on the Meuse in the Belgian Ardennes and gave its name to dinanderie, the decorative brass that made the town famous in the Middle Ages. The serpent was a favourite subject in the years either side of 1900, and it lends itself to exactly this purpose: the tail winds into a flat ring that steadies the piece on a desk, the body rises and turns back on itself, and the open mouth becomes the hook that takes a pocket watch by its bow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whole length is chased by hand. Close ring-scales run around the tail loop, a diamond pattern covers the back of the body, and the head is modelled with parted jaws. It stands 12.5cm to the top of the head on a base 8.5cm across, and holds an open-face watch upright, turning it into a small standing clock for a desk or bedside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brass carries the even colour and light wear of its age and has not been polished bright. It stands square and firm on its coil. Struck DINANT.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903893983571,"sku":"CI-0031","price":360.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/serpent-porte-montre-in-brass-signed-dinant-c-1910-1.jpg?v=1788990300"},{"product_id":"art-nouveau-porte-montre-two-tone-brass-and-silvered-leaves","title":"Art Nouveau Style Porte-Montre, Two-Tone Brass and Silver-Grey Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA pocket watch stand in the Art Nouveau taste: a warm gold-toned brass frame that hangs a watch from a hooked top rail above a spray of silver-grey leaves and a single rosebud.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA porte-montre: a stand made to hold an open-face pocket watch upright, so it reads as a small desk or bedside clock. The watch hangs by its bow from the hooked rail at the top of the frame and rests against the round plate below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is brass rod in a warm gold tone, built as a narrow rectangular easel that props on a rear leg and stands on its own. The decoration is where the Art Nouveau taste shows: a spray of three cast leaves and a single rosebud in silver-grey white metal, set against the gold of the frame, the stems gathered by a fine twisted-wire binding and running out into whiplash scrolls that form the feet. The two-tone, gold against silver, is deliberate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands 14.5cm tall, with a plate of about 4cm to take the watch. There are no maker's marks. Condition is very good: solid and stable, complete and unrepaired, the frame bright, with fine surface scratches to the face of the plate and light patina to its reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894081875,"sku":"CI-0032","price":115.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/art-nouveau-porte-montre-two-tone-brass-and-silvered-leaves-1.jpg?v=1788990688"},{"product_id":"crowing-cockerel-watch-stand-art-nouveau-c-1900","title":"Crowing Cockerel Watch Stand, Art Nouveau, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA cockerel caught mid-crow on a base of Art Nouveau whiplash lines, cast to hold a pocket watch upright on a desk. Heavy silvered metal, crisp throughout and complete.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA figural pocket-watch stand from the Art Nouveau period, modelled as a cockerel crowing on an openwork base, made around 1900 to 1910.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bird stands with its beak open around a curled hook, the comb and wattle crisply modelled, on a base of flowing whiplash lines in the Jugendstil manner of French and German decorative metalwork around 1900. Its long tail sweeps down in a single curve to meet the ground. A pocket watch hangs from the hook by its bow and rests face out against the curved cradle below, to be read like a small clock on a desk or a bedside table. The cockerel, the coq, was a favourite subject of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is cast in a heavy silvered metal. The plating has worn to a warm tone on the high points, the head, the crest of the tail and the rim of the base, over an even and honest patina. There is no maker's mark, as was usual for these pieces, and no reliable way to tie it to a single workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stand measures 15cm tall on an 11cm base. It is complete, the casting sharp throughout, with a short dark line and two small pits in the finish on the breast, and no repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894114643,"sku":"CI-0033","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/crowing-cockerel-watch-stand-art-nouveau-c-1900-1.jpg?v=1788990696"},{"product_id":"gilt-filigree-porte-montre-hanging-watch-holder-c-1890","title":"Gilt Openwork Porte-Montre, Hanging Watch Holder, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA hanging holder that turned a gentleman's pocket watch into a bedside clock. Pierced gilt metal and tufted crimson silk, Continental, c.1890.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA late 19th-century porte-montre: a hanging holder that carried a gentleman's pocket watch overnight and turned it into a wall or bedside clock. The watch hooks by its bow at the top and hangs face out against the padded silk, its body dropping into the gilt cup below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe holder is built as a tapering cup of pierced gilt sheet, stippled and closely pleated, gathered at its foot into a plain round cap. The pleats leave a scalloped edge at the mouth of the cup, and a pierced border frames the backing panel, which is faced in tufted crimson silk. A shaped hook and suspension ring sit at the top; the flat reverse is the mount face, made to sit against a wall. Continental work, unsigned, as these nearly always are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands 15cm tall and 6cm across. The gilding is worn with some verdigris showing at the base, the silk is aged with a small tear at the hook slot, and the piece is complete and sound throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894180179,"sku":"CI-0034","price":125.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/gilt-filigree-porte-montre-hanging-watch-holder-c-1890-1.jpg?v=1788990704"},{"product_id":"wall-hung-watch-holder-in-gilt-and-blister-pearl-c-1880","title":"Wall-Hung Watch Holder in Gilt and Mother-of-Pearl, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA pocket watch holder for the wall: the watch hangs in the round gilt surround as a small wall clock, above a mother-of-pearl shell pocket in a beaded gilt frame. Continental, late 19th century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wall-hanging pocket watch holder in gilt metal and mother-of-pearl, made in the late 19th century. The watch hooked over the wire at the top and hung against the round gilt surround. The recess and the shell below took rings and small jewellery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lower half is set with a large natural mother-of-pearl shell, a deep curved section of shell rather than a flat cut plaque, with a strong pink and green orient that shifts across it as it moves in the light. It sits tight in a beaded gilt bezel and is scalloped along its top edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gilt body is stamped from sheet metal, waisted between the round watch surround at the top and a pointed finial at the foot. A naturalistic floral spray is stamped into the flat surface at the centre, framed by scalloped borders that run the length of the piece. The crest above the surround is a separately cast rococo-revival mount with a central oval cartouche, and the original bent wire that carries the watch rises from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no maker's marks anywhere on the piece, and the metal is gilt base metal rather than silver or gold. The naturalistic shell and the folk-style stamped decoration point to Continental work of around 1870 to 1890.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is complete and stable. The gilt is honestly rubbed on the crest and around the surround, the stamped decoration stays crisp, and the shell is solid in its frame with natural surface lines and no chips or losses. 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A pocket watch was set into the velvet-lined cradle to stand upright like a small clock through the night, with the shallow tray beneath holding studs, coins and a chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cradle, with a small urn finial at its crown, swivels between two pivots topped with ball terminals, so the watch can be tilted to face the bed. It rises on a turned baluster stem from a dished tray. The piece is silver-plated and unmarked, with the plate worn through in places and a weighted base that keeps it steady.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands 11.5cm tall, the tray 9.5cm across, with a 5cm cradle. Condition is honest: even tarnish throughout, the plate worn at the high points, and the velvet lining soft with use. The cradle still swivels freely and the base sits flat and steady.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894442323,"sku":"CI-0036","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/swivel-pocket-watch-stand-and-trinket-tray-c-1890-1910-1.jpg?v=1788991092"},{"product_id":"rosewood-watch-box-white-metal-bound-c-1870-1900","title":"Rosewood Watch Box, White-Metal Bound, c.1870-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Victorian rosewood box built to hold a single pocket watch, bound in white metal and fitted in purple velvet. Unsigned trade work of the later nineteenth century, with the recess where its nameplate once sat still on the lid.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Victorian rosewood presentation box made to hold a single pocket watch, bound in white metal with a diamond escutcheon at the lock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe box is worked in figured rosewood with white-metal edge binding and corner mounts, the lid rising to a shallow dome. The front carries a brass lozenge around the keyhole. Inside, it is fitted in purple velvet, with a shaped cradle and pendant tongue that holds a watch of about 40mm. It carries no maker's or retailer's name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxes of this kind were supplied by the anonymous boxmaking trade to jewellers and watch retailers through the second half of the nineteenth century, and were usually engraved to order. This one has lost its engraved nameplate, and the recess where it sat is still visible on the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition is honest. The rosewood and the metal binding are complete and the lid opens and shuts cleanly. There is no key, so the lock is untested, and the velvet ring around the cradle is lifting near the pendant slot. There is a pale bloom in the finish on the lid, the binding strip over the front arch stands slightly proud, and there is age wear and dust throughout. Measures 9.5 by 6.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894540627,"sku":"CI-0037","price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/rosewood-watch-box-white-metal-bound-c-1870-1900-1.jpg?v=1788991102"},{"product_id":"hand-painted-treen-watch-stand-lily-of-the-valley-c-1900","title":"Hand-Painted Treen Watch Stand, Lily of the Valley, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA turned wood watch stand, hand-painted with lily of the valley, made around 1900. It holds a small pocket watch face-out, the flowers trailing around the cradle and the leaves across the foot.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small pocket watch rests face-out in the ring at the top, its pendant sitting in the cut at the crown, so the watch could be shown on a dresser or kept to hand overnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lily of the valley runs in trailing sprays around the cradle, cream bell-flowers over green on a dark ground, and its leaves sweep across the dished foot. Behind the ring the recessed bed is lined with cream silk to cushion the watch against the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stand is turned as a single baluster stem on a wide foot. It is firm and original throughout. The painted decoration on the foot is rubbed and worn from use, the greens gone patchy, while the cradle border reads more clearly. The silk lining has worn to loose threads across the bed and is frayed and lifting at the top, below the slot. No maker's mark. It stands 100mm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894868307,"sku":"CI-0038","price":115.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/hand-painted-treen-watch-stand-lily-of-the-valley-c-1900-1.jpg?v=1788991370"},{"product_id":"fitted-pocket-watch-box-in-silk-and-velvet-c-1900","title":"Fitted Wooden Pocket Watch Box, Velvet Lined, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA velvet-fitted wooden box made around 1900 to carry a single pocket watch, complete and still closing on its original sprung catch.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wooden presentation box for a pocket watch, made around 1900 to hold a single open-face watch of about 40mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lid is lined in a padded blue twill cloth, the base in dark navy velvet with a shaped crescent cushion that cradles the watch. It closes on two brass pin hinges and a small sprung catch on the front edge, all still working: the lid snaps shut and holds. The timber is pale and close-grained and carries no maker or retailer name anywhere. It carries honest surface wear, fine scratches and some darkening across the wood, though the box itself is complete and undamaged, with nothing missing. The lining cloth is frayed along the hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 8 by 10 cm and stands about 4 cm deep when shut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894933843,"sku":"CI-0039","price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/fitted-pocket-watch-box-in-silk-and-velvet-c-1900-1.jpg?v=1788991375"},{"product_id":"tilt-up-walnut-watch-box-and-bedside-stand-green-felt-recess","title":"Tilt-Up Walnut Watch Box and Bedside Stand, Green Felt Recess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA solid walnut pocket watch box that opens into a bedside stand, with no hinge plate or catch to it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA solid walnut pocket watch box that converts into a bedside stand. Closed, it is a plain rectangular block of 9 by 7.5 cm, and only the curved seam across the top shows that it opens at all. The thick inner panel pivots up from its bottom edge on two small pins to an easel angle and presents a round recess lined in green felt, 45 mm across, with a slot cut through the top edge for the pendant. The watch hangs bow-up in the recess overnight. Folded flat, the panel's semicircular tongue seats into the matching notch on the fixed front section and the block closes flush, ready for a bag or a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe construction is walnut throughout: a shallow tray with a lip on three sides and the pivoting panel, with no hinge plate or catch. The top and sides are straight-grained with a streak of pale sapwood at one corner; the underside shows a bolder, wavy figure. The felt is bright and even.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe box carries no maker's mark. The method of construction and the felt place it in the later twentieth century, and it is offered as an unsigned workshop piece of that period rather than a Victorian one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: the panel pivots smoothly and holds its angle, and it closes flush with the tongue fully seated. No splits or repairs; one tiny nick to a top edge. Felt intact and clean. No odour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903894966611,"sku":"CI-0040","price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/tilt-up-walnut-watch-box-and-bedside-stand-green-felt-recess-1.jpg?v=1788991383"},{"product_id":"brass-bound-rosewood-watch-box-with-base-ejector-c-1890","title":"Brass-Edged Rosewood Watch Box with Push-Button Catch, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA brass-edged rosewood case built to present a single pocket watch, complete with its silk and velvet fittings and a brass push-button catch to the lid.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brass-edged rosewood presentation box made to hold a single pocket watch, English or French, from around 1890. A brass band runs round the edge of the lid top, and a shaped brass cartouche is let into its centre, left blank and never engraved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lid is lined in ivory silk satin, the base in taupe velvet with a raised padded bezel sized to a watch of about 45mm, held face up. A small brass button in the front edge releases the lid catch. The box measures 11 by 8.5cm and stands about 25mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt carries no maker or retailer name on the case or in the lining. The rosewood lid keeps its colour and figure under light scratching and two small round pale marks; the base, a paler timber stained dark, has worn back to bare wood, the silk satin shows the foxing and water marks of age, and the padded bezel is split where its ends meet. The brass lid rim, hinge and cartouche are intact, and the lid closes as it should.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903895163219,"sku":"CI-0041","price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/brass-bound-rosewood-watch-box-with-base-ejector-c-1890-1.jpg?v=1788991743"},{"product_id":"carved-swiss-watch-holder-edelweiss-in-relief-c-1890-1910","title":"Carved Swiss Watch Holder, Edelweiss in Relief, c.1890-1910","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Swiss carved watch holder in pale limewood, an edelweiss cut in relief on the front. Fold down the top and a pocket watch sits in the velvet well, reading like a small wall clock.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Swiss carved pocket-watch holder in pale limewood, made in Brienz in the Bernese Oberland around 1890 to 1910. The front carries an edelweiss in high relief, set on a shaped cartouche, the edges cut all round in crisp flutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt works as a stand for a pocket watch. The top panel folds down on a turned wooden hinge, and a watch sits face-up in the round velvet-lined well so the dial shows like a small wall clock. The back is finished flat, and the holder turns a pocket watch into a small bedside timepiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrienz was the centre of Swiss decorative woodcarving from the middle of the nineteenth century, and this piece is cut in pale limewood. The edelweiss here is worked directly in the solid, stems and petals standing proud of the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is complete and sound, on its original finish, with the wooden hinge still working. There is light rubbing to the finish on the front beside the edelweiss, some old glue residue and darkening to the back, and the velvet in the well is worn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903895228755,"sku":"CI-0042","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/carved-swiss-watch-holder-edelweiss-in-relief-c-1890-1910-1.jpg?v=1788991752"},{"product_id":"black-forest-carved-watch-box-edelweiss-on-both-faces-c-1900","title":"Brienz Carved Watch Box, Edelweiss on the Cover, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Swiss watch box carved with edelweiss on the cover, the alpine flower worked in low relief over a stippled ground. The pocket watch sits face up in its baize-lined recess, and the carved cover folds down to guard the glass.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Swiss carved box made to hold a small pocket watch at the bedside or on a desk, its cover carved with edelweiss in low relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe carving follows the Brienz workshop tradition: an edelweiss with its star of pointed petals worked over a finely stippled ground, framed by scalloped borders on a fluted, barrel-cut body. The watch sits face up in a circular recess, 3.5cm across, lined in green baize. The arched carved cover is hinged at one end and folds over the watch to shield the glass, then lifts clear when the watch is in use. It measures 9.5 by 5cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdelweiss is the flower of the Swiss Alps, and boxes carved with it were made in and around Brienz from the 1880s onward, sold to travellers alongside the region's carved bears, chalets and leafwork. 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