{"product_id":"gilt-filigree-porte-montre-hanging-watch-holder-c-1890","title":"Gilt Filigree 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. Fine gilt wirework and buttoned 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 cone of fine gilt wirework, closely fluted and pierced throughout, rising from a cast fan rosette with a plain oval cartouche at its centre. A crimped scalloped gallery runs around the mouth of the cup, and a pierced border frames the backing panel, which is faced in buttoned 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, most likely French, and 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":140.0,"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","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/gilt-filigree-porte-montre-hanging-watch-holder-c-1890","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}