Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Lindgren, Erik
Case maker:
Bergs, Frantz
Entities
Categories
Description
Verge watch in enamelled and chased gold case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Er Lindgren Stockholm No. 295', stamped with crown under Lindgren and 'C' over Stockholm. Balance bridge pierced and chased with polished steel coquette over brass pivot bar. Polished and unsually large steel balance. Silver regulation dial with 'Fort' and 'Sent' at end of scale. Plain blued steel hand. Engraved fusee pivot cock. Engraved foot of counter-potance. Plain un-gilt cock for contrat wheel. Polished steel combined fusee irong and spring, turned stop. Polished steel case bolt in slot in plate, nib under dial. Adjustable potance. Counter-potance with steel end piece, no adjustment screw. Pillar plate with four five-sided baluster pillars. Under dial third and contrate double ended cock, centre recess. Scratch on plate recess '3493', 'Bztqz+', 'BUM' over 'iOl Co' over '12 2/7 12', on edge 'C A Nystro' and '1/4' on joint. Fusee and chain, tangent set-up under barrel, barrel with one lop. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, three feet. Radial 5 minute figures, ladder minute ring, dots at hours, radial Roman chapters, inner circle. Winding hole at 3.30. Counter enamel inscribed 'U'.
HANDS: Gold Louis XV style.
CASE: Gold consular, enamelled and chased. Baroque style decoration with enamel in green, translucent green and painted white. On the back is a chased sun-burst with a parrot on flowers, in painted enamel. The bezel is also chased and enamelled. Diamond case stud. Inside stamped '20K' in shaped block. Maker's mark 'FB' in a rectangle, three crowns against wavey lines in three circles and incuse 'B' (covered by case spring). Pendant with diamond at end, stamped on the side with a five pointed star. Plain stirrup bow.
Legal notes
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Components of the work
Dial, Case
composed of
enamel
( on copper)
Case
composed of
diamond
( stud)
Diameter 47.5 mm
Height 55 mm
Thickness 23.25 mm
Dial
composed of
copper
Case, Hands
composed of
gold
Movement
composed of
steel
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 36 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 37.25 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 6.75 mm
Movement, Case
Movement, Hands
Techniques used in production
Enamelling
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Stamped with a crown under Lindgren, and 'C' over stockholm
- Text: Er Lindgren Stockholm No. 295
- Location: Plate movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Text: 3493', 'Bztqz+', 'BUM' over 'iOl Co' over '12 2/7 12', on edge 'C A Nystro' and '1/4'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Scratch marks
- Text: FB in rectangle, three crowns against wavey lines in three circles and incuse 'B'.
- Location: Case
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Maker's mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M/P.15-1913
Primary reference Number: 207147
Number: 295
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Friday 27 November 2015
Updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
