Maker: Le Roy, Julien (Attributed to)
Verge watch in gold consular case
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Jn Le Roy A Paris'. Balance bridge, table pierced and engraved, polished steel coquette. Steel balance. Silver regulation dial, radial Arabic figures 1 to 7. Gold regulation hand. Fusee cock engraved. Counter-potance engraved and fixed by screw. Plain flat brass cock for contrate pivot (not gilt). Plain turned fusee iron post. Adjustable potance. Counter-potance with polished steel end plate and adjusting screw. Polished steel case bolt in slot in plate, truncated conical face. Pillar plate with four five-sided baluster pillars, under dial side with centre recessed for motion work, case bolt spring and contrate pivot cock, plate scratched '5849'. Fusee and chain with tangent set-up. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
DIAL: White enamel on copper. Radial Arabic 5 minute figures, ladder minute circle, radial Roman chapters, inner circle. Winding hole at 3.30.
HANDS: Gilt brass Louis XVI style.
CASE: Gold, single backed consular case. Back engraved with scene of bridge in front of a town gate. Bezel engraved with three separate floral designs with lined background. The inside is stamped with incised maker's mark of a crown over 'DII' or 'DIJ', over 'F'. Scratched on the inside in 'B3102', 'P12080', '2X79' and 'KO/-'. Scratched inside bezel 'KO'/-' and 'l/r/-'. Cylindrical pedant, flat cheese top. The stirrup bow has been repaired.
There are some doubts as to the authenticity of this piece.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Circa
1740
-
1750
Dial
composed of
enamel
( white)
copper
Hands
composed of
gilt brass
Movement
composed of
iron
steel
Case
composed of
gold
Diameter 46 mm
Height 51.5 mm
Width 46.5 mm
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 36 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 37.5 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 6.25 mm
Movement, Case
Movement, Hands
Accession number: PW.8-1923
Primary reference Number: 207277
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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