Maker:
Perry, Edward
Case maker:
Davies, Samuel
(Possibly)
Verge watch in silver pair case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Edw Perry LONDON'. Balance cock with pierced and engraved table with ears, having symmetrical design with two birds, mask at neck, foot pierced and engraved, having narrow edge chamfered at plate edge with wheat ear engraving. Steel balance. Slide plate pierced and engraved with irregular edge. Foot near name plain. Silver regulation dial, with Arabic figures 5 to 20. Fusee iron post pierced. Bright steel case bolt with flat decorative foot. Potance with short foot riveted to plate. Counter-potance riveted. Pillar plate with four plain Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain, tangent set up under barrel, one lip on barrel. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Gilt with engraved ring outside dial, three feet (one missing). Four unused dial holes.
DIAL: White enamel on copper with three feet. Radial 5 minute Arabic figure, ladder minute ring, squat radial Roman chapters, inner circle.
HANDS: Blued steel beetle and poker.
INNER CASE: Plain silver, split bezel (glass missing). Inside case stamped with maker's mark, incise 'SD'. Ball pendant on cylindrical stem, ring bow.
OUTER CASE (A): Plain silver, back engraved 'W * M' in centre. No maker's or other marks inside.
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
Production date:
circa
AD 1720
Dial
composed of
enamel
( white, on copper)
copper
Movement
composed of
iron
Pair-case
composed of
silver
Movement, Hands
composed of
steel
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 40 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 41.5 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 45 mm
Inner Case
Diameter 49.5 mm
Height 57 mm
Thickness 28.5 mm
Outer Case
Diameter 58.25 mm
Height 61.75 mm
Thickness 30 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 11 mm
Hands
Inscription present: the 'S' is well rubbed and unclear
Accession number: PW.41-1923
Primary reference Number: 207310
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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