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Watch: PW.16 & A-1923

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown
Case maker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Verge watch in silver pair case.

MOVEMENT: Full plate movement, engraved 'Eardley Norton London'. Balance bridge with circular pierced table, steel end piece with faceted red end stone, rectangular engraved feet extending to edge of plate. Brass balance. Engraved slide plate, extends both sides of balance bridge, plain polished steel regulator disc. Turned fusee iron post. Polished steel case bolt slides in slot in pillar plate, nib under dial. Adjustable potance. Counter-potance, with polished steel end plate and adjusting screw, screwed to top plate. Pillar plate with four five sided baluster pillars with turned top, sunk centre wheel. Third wheel bar. Joint riveted to top plate has one leg missing, the other has a stopped and re-drilled pin hole. Number '387' stamped on pillar plate adjacent to pillar next to the barrel. Fusee and chain with click set-up under dial. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.

DIAL: White enamel on copper, three dial feet, all broken at the pin hole. Minute circle of short lines, 5 minute dots, radial Arabic quarter numbers, radial Roman chapters, ringed central polychrome painting of Dutch scene of ship, houses and windmill. Lower half with ground edge.

HANDS: Gold, beetle hour hand, thin minute hand pierced segment below straight end.

INNER CASE: Silver, HM London 1813, broad pendant HM London 1813 with maker's mark 'LB' in rectangular cameo. Second winding hole filled in. Bull's eye glass.

OUTER CASE (A): Silver, repousse with scene of man fishing in canal/river with bridge and houses. '898' stamped inside below pendant. Too small for inner

Notes

History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1780 CE - 1790

Components of the work

Dial composed of enamel ( on copper) copper
Movement composed of iron steel brass (alloy)
End-stone composed of garnet
Hands composed of gold
Pair Case composed of silver
Movement (back Plate) Diameter 44 mm
Movement (pillar Plate) Diameter 46 mm
Inner Case Diameter 50.75 mm Height 66 mm Thickness 24.75 mm
Outer Case Diameter 58 mm Height 69.25 mm Thickness 27.75 mm
Movement (pillar) Diameter 5 mm
Movement, Hands

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: although the movement is a copy

  • Text: 'Eardley Norton London'
  • Location: Movement
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Maker's name
  • Text: '387'
  • Location: Movement
  • Method of creation: Stamped
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: nearly polished out

  • Location: Inner case
  • Type: Hallmark
  • Text: '898'
  • Location: Outer case
  • Method of creation: Stamped
  • Type: Number

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PW.16 & A-1923
Primary reference Number: 207285
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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

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