Maker: Berry, A. (Possibly)
Brass edge and silver dial.
ITEM: Brass edge with silver champleve dial engraved 'BERRY LONDON'.
BRASS EDGE: Gilt and decorated with radial lines outside dial recess. Back with three mounting pillars with holes for pins, raised edge with cut to accommodate joint, steel friction spring for date ring.
DIAL: Silver champleve dial. Radial Arabic 5 min. figures on cushions, ladder minute ring with arrows at quarters, radial Roman chapters with elongated diamond shapes between, large hole with pierced centre, with blued steel backing disc. Centre pierced and chased with plaques above and below the centre, top plaque engraved 'BERRY'. Bottom plaque, with date hole in centre, engraved 'LON DON'.
DATE RING: Silvered brass date ring with vertical Arabic numbers 1 to 31.
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
silver
Dial, Edge
composed of
steel
Edge
composed of
brass (alloy)
Brass Edge
Diameter 43.75 mm
Date Ring
Accession number: PW.76-1923
Primary reference Number: 207510
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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