Antique French Chatelaine & Chains with Silver Pocket Watch and Charms

Description

Antique French, Art Nouveau Chatelaine hook and chains. Also known as a clavet.
This one comes with 5 accessories / charms including a silver pocket watch and key.
The clavet or hook is made from pressed silver metal and is in the shape of a shell, with beaded and leaf detail and a basket of flowers in the centre - please study the photographs for further details.
The complete ensemble is very attractive, with a couple of distinctive Art Nouveau little attachments to the chains, the outer body of a propelling pencil, with the French crab hallmark for silver. The little thing next to the pencil casing that is marked 800 for silver content, which has another hallmark on the body but is too small for me to decipher, it may be the bigorne.
There is a sword shaped item on a different type of chain to the other two accessories previously mentioned (which I believe is silver but I cannot find a mark) and a little silverplated cylindrical container with an ornate spiral top. It pulls apart to show a circular space that seems to have had some type of power in it. It is on a similar chain and has the look of the Berber style to me. The watch has nibbles to the edge of the bevelled glass. It is marked with the crab hallmark on the inner casings and at the top of the watch fob. There is some lifting to the roman numeral 10. The watch is not sold as a working piece, please be aware of this.
In total for the length including the longest and accessory, it is 8"". The hook being2" of the total measurement. The watch is approximately 1½" in diameter.
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Just a bit about Postage costs - we will go out of our way to save money on Postage whenever possible.
I am constantly asked if the shipping costs are correct and sadly, they always are.  For anyone wanting to check the cost of shipping internationally from France, you can find the costs on the La Poste website.  Just google: La Poste Tarifs International.  I charge you exactly what La Poste charges me and in fact less as on most occasions I always pay the additional insurance required.
We use the following postal methods:
Paquet Prio, for items up to 2kgs in weight and up to €150 in value.  Delivery Estimate 7 to 21 days depending on location.  With this method I have to print the labels for the parcels, which is generally not a problem but if for any reason I have no internet access,  or a problem with the printer, PLEASE understand that it may delay the shipment.  If this delay causes you a problem, you can upgrade to Colissimo International for the required additional payment.  There is no benefit to customers within Europe above the weight limit of 250 grams, where Colissimo still offers the best option. The cost of shipping via the Paquet prio method will have a slightly higher cost than the price on the package as I have to purchase the labels and take time to print them.
Colissimo International is a generally fast and effective method of shipping items world wide.  It has a weight limit of 30 kgs for Europe and 20kgs for the rest of the world.  There is a limit to the value of insurance allowed with this method, so that may sometimes have an effect on the amount of items that can be combined together.  However, in general this will not affect normal sales.  Delivery times for this method are approximately 5 to 10 days but will differ depending on the world location.
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