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Watch: PW.108-1923

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Silver outer case.

OUTER CASE: Plain bezel, body badly dented. Back of body crudely engraved 'W W' over '1767' underlined, read with hinge down. Inside body an Assay mark London 1767?, maker's mark 'WT' incuse.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 54 mm
Thickness: 24.75 mm
Width: 55 mm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1767 : London Assay mark

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: crudely engraved

  • Text: 'WW' over '1767' underlined
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: very badly damaged

  • Text: 1767?
  • Location: Inside body
  • Type: Assay mark
  • Text: 'WT' incuse
  • Location: Inside body
  • Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PW.108-1923
Primary reference Number: 207542

Audit data

Created: Thursday 7 January 2016 Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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