Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Watchmaker:
Toulmin, Samuel
Case maker:
Lejeune, Joseph
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Verge watch in gold pair case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved on slide plate, over barrel 'Saml Toulmin Strand London 3133'. Balance cock, pierced and chased table with polished steel end piece, cut diamond end stone, foot pierced and chased. Polished steel balance. Slide plate pierced and chased, solid over barrel, silver regulation dial with radial Arabic numbers 1 to 6. Pierced fusee iron post. Polished steel case bolt with plain ears, in slot in plate, nib through brass edge. Potance plain with moulding at end of foot, screwed to plate. Counter-potance riveted to plate. Pillar plate with four square baluster pillars, third wheel bar. Scratched under dial, in position of joint, 'Jany 49'. Fusee and chain with tangent set up under barrel, barrel with one lip. High numbered train, third and contrate wheels crossed out in 6. Third, contrate and escape pinions of 8. Verge escapement. Train planted clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Gilt, with joint, three feet.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, plain counter enamel. Radial Arabic 5 minute numbers, dotted minute ring, radial Roman chapters.
HANDS: Gold, thin with arrow heads.
INNER CASE: Gold, plain. Marked inside with hallmark London 1773, maker's mark incuse 'IL'. Scratched on the inside '4C72', '29676' over '31.1.78,' '3786'. Pendant, cylindrical with one step. Stirrup bow.
OUTER CASE (A): Gold, chased and enamelled. Bezel and body with chased floral band, with blue, white and green enamel. Back with blue and green enamel wavy pattern around an oval painted white enamel plaque painted in gray, depicting the Muse of Harmony with a lute, touched by a torch held by winged Inspiration, pink sky. Inside marked as inner case.
WATCH PAPER (B): A hand painted picture of a boy and girl in a field, sky and edge cut with lines of small diamonds.
Notes
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Legal notes
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Components of the work
Brass Edge
composed of
gilt
Dial, Outer Case
composed of
enamel
Inner Case, Hands
composed of
gold
Movement
composed of
silver
steel
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 33.25 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 34.5 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 35.5 mm
Inner Case
Diameter 39.75 mm
Height 53 mm
Thickness 23 mm
Outer Case
Diameter 46.25 mm
Height 35.75 mm
Thickness 24.25 mm
Movement (pillar)
Diameter 6.5 mm
Movement, Outer Case
Inscription or legends present
- Location: Inner case
- Type: Hallmark
- Text: 'Saml Toulmin Strand London 3133'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Text: incuse 'IL'
- Location: Inside inner case.
- Type: Maker's mark
- Text: '4C72', '29676', '31.1.78,' '3786'
- Location: Inner case
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Number
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: PW.12 & A & B-1923
Primary reference Number: 207281
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 9 December 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
