Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Rivers & Son
Entities
Categories
Description
Cylinder watch movement
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved on barrel bar 'Rivers & Son No. 6115 Cornhill London'. Balance cock with table covered by, and made to take, two gold rings around a central gold box with glass cover containing hair. Central hole under the glass to expose a diamond end stone. Both gold rings are enamelled in black around inscriptions in gold. Outer ring inscription 'MARTHA DICKIN . NAT: 5 JAN 1780 . OB: 21 . JULY . 1835'. On the inner ring is the inscription 'KATHe DICKIN . NAT . 21 JULY 1737. OB 28 JUNE 1806.' Balance cock engraved. Polished steel balance. Blued steel regulation figure sprung into the top plate, pointing to engraved arched ladder scale marked 'Fast' and 'Slow'. Barrel bar engraved as above. Shaped fusee iron post. Polished steel case bolt with wings, in slot in plate, nib at side. Potance with moulding at end screwed to plate. Pillar plate with four turned and ribbed pillars. Centre wheel recessed, fourth wheel bridge. Under dial, plate stamped '16 8'. Fusee and chain with click set-up under dial. Cylinder escapement with brass wheel and steel cylinder. Clockwise train.
DIAL: White enamel, slightly curved, on copper, three feet. Ladder minute ring, short Roman chapters. Back mark 'R85' (?) and 'M'.
HANDS: Gold, hour hand short and broken, minute hand straight.
CAP: Large circular hole to miss disc on balance cock, short winding tube. Cap side with bump to clear barrel. Blued steel slide. Inside cap stamped 'RS', scratch mark '6115'.
Notes
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Legal notes
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Components of the work
Movement, Dial
composed of
enamel
( white)
Movement
composed of
iron
steel
brass (alloy)
glass
Thickness 19 mm
Movement, End Stone
composed of
diamond
Dial
composed of
copper
Movement, Hands
composed of
gold
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 39 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 44.25 mm
Movement (dial)
Diameter 45 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 4.5 mm
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 'Rivers & Son No. 6115 Cornhill London'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Text: 'MARTHA DICKIN . NAT: 5 JAN 1780 . OB: 21 . JULY . 1835'
- Location: Movement
- Type: Inscription
- Text: 'KATHe DICKIN . NAT . 21 JULY 1737. OB 28 JUNE 1806'
- Location: Movement
- Type: Inscription
- Text: '16 8'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Number
- Text: 'R85' (?), 'M'
- Location: Dial
- Type: Marks
- Text: 'RS', '6115'
- Location: Cap
- Method of creation: Stamped, scratched
- Type: Marks
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: PW.73-1923
Primary reference Number: 207507
Movement no.: 6115
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 6 January 2016
Updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
