Watch: PW.89-1923

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Watch
Case
watch case

Categories

Watches

Description

Gilt brass outer case covered with black shagreen.

OUTER CASE: Gilt brass outer case, copper back and bezel band, covered with black shagreen. Gilt pin decoration, in the shape of an eight-pointed star, having single pins between points, in the centre of the back of the body. Eight groups of three pins, with single pin between groups, decorate the edge of the body and bezel. Twisted gilt brass wire at edge of shagreen on bezel and body. Bezel with one decorative head pin missing. Body with one decorative headed pin missing from edge and three decorative headed pins missing from between star points. Pendant slot in body only.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 49 mm
Thickness: 22 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1775 CE - 1800 CE

Components of the work

Covering composed of shagreen ( black)

Materials used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PW.89-1923
Primary reference Number: 207523
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 6 January 2016 Updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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