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Antique Silver Watch Chain and Fob
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
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Antique Silver Watch Chain and Fob

1900 - 1920
Description

Antique silver watch chain and fob.

The graduated chain measures 39cm long including the T-bar and the clasp. Hallmarked on the clasp for 1913, with a maker’s mark for Birmingham silversmith George Gee. Some of the links have the silver lion mark.

The chain comes with a silver fob hallmarked for Sheffield 1918 with a maker’s mark for the Birmingham silversmith James Fenton. The fob has the Boys Brigade anchor and motto to the front, with two Boys Brigade members standing to attention with their rifles. There is an inscription scratched into the reverse of the fob, ‘E Touile, BB, 1923’.

Total weight 56g.

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The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this Antique Silver Watch Chain to the 1910s.

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Description
Antique silver watch chain and fob.

The graduated chain measures 39cm long including the T-bar and the clasp. Hallmarked on the clasp for 1913, with a maker’s mark for Birmingham silversmith George Gee. Some of the links have the silver lion mark.

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The chain comes with a silver fob hallmarked for Sheffield 1918 with a maker’s mark for the Birmingham silversmith James Fenton.
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

The fob has the Boys Brigade anchor and motto to the front, with two Boys Brigade members standing to attention with their rifles. There is an inscription scratched into the reverse of the fob, ‘E Touile, BB, 1923’.

Total weight 56g.

Date of Manufacture

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this Antique Silver Watch Chain to the 1910s.

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SA1213847
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2011

Specialists in antique and vintage wrist watches and pocket watches

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An antique silver Albert watch chain featuring thick curb links, a T-bar fastener, a swivel dog clip clasp, and an ornate heraldic coat of arms fob depicting an anchor motif.
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Archive I An antique silver Albert watch chain featuring thick curb links, a T-bar fastener, a swivel dog clip clasp, and an ornate heraldic coat of arms fob depicting an anchor motif.

Antique silver watch chain and fob

Archive II An antique silver Albert watch chain featuring thick curb links, a T-bar fastener, a swivel dog clip clasp, and an ornate heraldic coat of arms fob depicting an anchor motif. View II
Archive III An antique silver Albert watch chain featuring thick curb links, a T-bar fastener, a swivel dog clip clasp, and an ornate heraldic coat of arms fob depicting an anchor motif. View III
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The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

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The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
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An antique silver Albert watch chain featuring thick curb links, a T-bar fastener, a swivel dog clip clasp, and an ornate heraldic coat of arms fob depicting an anchor motif.
Antique silver watch chain and fob
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An antique silver Albert watch chain featuring thick curb links, a T-bar fastener, a swivel dog clip clasp, and an ornate heraldic coat of arms fob depicting an anchor motif.
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Named after Prince Albert during the Victorian era, the Albert watch chain emerged as a functional accessory for securing a pocket watch to a waistcoat. The T-bar passed through a waistcoat buttonhole, anchoring the chain while the swivel clasp held the pocket watch securely inside a pocket.

Antique watch chains were predominantly crafted from sterling silver, gold, or silver-gilt. They featured heavy linksmost commonly curb, double curb, or Belcher stylesfitted with hand-assembled swivel clasps, T-bars, and decorative heraldic or wax-seal fobs.

Authentic British silver Albert chains usually carry hallmarks on multiple components, often stamped on every individual link, the T-bar, and the swivel clasp. Look for the lion passant sterling mark, town marks, date letters, and subtle signs of rub-wear where links meet.

Beyond traditional pairing with a waistcoat and pocket watch, contemporary collectors frequently wear silver Albert chains as choker-style necklaces or wrap-around wrist bracelets. The decorative fob can also be recontextualised as a focal pendant on other chains.

Gently wipe silver chains with a soft jewellery polishing cloth to remove surface tarnish. Avoid dipping the piece in chemical liquid cleaners, as these can strip away dark natural oxidisation within the recessed areas of carved fobs and link joins.
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