Touchon & Co Gold Open Face Pocket Watch
Touchon & Co Gold Open Face Pocket Watch circa 1925, 18K white gold, brushed finished dial with Arabic numerals, marked: Touchon & Co; and dustcover engraved: California, Sept 21, 1925; H2 1/4", and Total 52.5g all in
Provenance: La Marquise de Surian, South Carolina estate sold in these rooms 2002-13
Private collection
Other Notes: Mildred Adams Cowgill was born in 1928 in San Francisco to a member of a prominent lumber and oil family. A socialite and notable figure in high fashion who spent much of her life in Paris (1957-1987). She married into the French nobility to hold the title of Marquise. The Marquise was an avid collector of haute couture and fine antiques. In the 1980s, she donated her gifted iconic pieces to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute (Object No. 1985.274.1 to 1985.274.4).
Condition: Estate condition, working, in need of cleaning and maintenance.
*** Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that an object is free of defects or restoration. Condition reports are prepared by request on a 'first come, first served' basis. For more information please read paragraph #9 of Terms and Condition of Sale.
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Touchon & Co Gold Open Face Pocket Watch circa 1925, 18K white gold, brushed finished dial with Arabic numerals, marked: Touchon & Co; and dustcover engraved: California, Sept 21, 1925; H2 1/4", and Total 52.5g all in
Provenance: La Marquise de Surian, South Carolina estate sold in these rooms 2002-13
Private collection
Other Notes: Mildred Adams Cowgill was born in 1928 in San Francisco to a member of a prominent lumber and oil family. A socialite and notable figure in high fashion who spent much of her life in Paris (1957-1987). She married into the French nobility to hold the title of Marquise. The Marquise was an avid collector of haute couture and fine antiques. In the 1980s, she donated her gifted iconic pieces to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute (Object No. 1985.274.1 to 1985.274.4).
Condition: Estate condition, working, in need of cleaning and maintenance.
*** Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that an object is free of defects or restoration. Condition reports are prepared by request on a 'first come, first served' basis. For more information please read paragraph #9 of Terms and Condition of Sale.
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