This is a RARE item worthy of more research and I am sure some of you out there will possibly know what club this FOOTBALLER running with a football wearing a black and white horizontal striped shirt and white shorts plays for !?
This is an antique c1900 double sided silver bloodstone pocket watch chain fob with the finest of intricate hand painted enamel front behind glass and a plain polished bloodstone back.
The hand painted enamel depicts a footballer in a black and white football kit uniform inside a gilt border that has also been hand painted with a pink rose, thistle, and 3 leaf clover - shamrock pattern. Very fine hand painting.
Behind the footballer is vegetation and greenery and even sky colouration too. The attention to detail on the complete item is really fabulous. I know I am banging on about it but when it is in your hand you will see what I mean.
I'm not sure which team this is meant to be representing or of course it could just be artist by the maker of a " footballer " and sold as a pocket watch chain fob at football matches.
What I do know is that is has NEVER been on a pocket watch chain in its life by the look of it.
The bloodstone side is in beautiful condition.
Both sides are mounted into a nice typical Victorian / Edwardian silver frame that has the C shaped and ball dots too right around the edge with a suspension loop at the top. It is stamped with hallmarks in the centre and by them soldering on the fancy surround it has obliterated the hallmarks. This is not unusual for this type of watch chain fob.
No maker's marks or artist's signatures from what I can see.
Please see close-up photographs provided for more details and visual confirmation of condition for yourself.
Normal signs of age and use wear including some light surface scuffs etc.
Normal signs of age and use wear including some light surface scuffs etc.
It measures approx. 29mm in diameter in total including the frame x 9.2mm deep. It is 35.7mm long including the suspension loop. It weighs approx. 10.2 grams.
If you have got to here and not got bored check out my other auction listings today to see another one of these very similar, again all hand painted as the footballer on the other is wearing a BLUE & WHITE kit, the border frame flowers are different and the back is a Carnelian. It too has never been used. I have listed the other in a different category. Two very rare pocket watch chain fobs.
Rare as Hens Teeth !
My stock ref: #T74/22923/Q448-70 in shoebox #T74
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