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| Index No. A5323 | Triple Repousse Case Painted Dial Verge |
| A late 18th Century verge with polychrome enamel dial in silver repousse pair cases and decorative underpainted horn protective outer. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved bridge cock, pierced and engraved plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polychrome enamel dial, the decorative scene around the edge of a young shepherd tending lambs beside a lake. Small central chapter of Roman and Arabic numerals, arcaded minute ring, small blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain silver inner case, maker's mark "I*C" over "I*C" in a rectangle. Silver repousse outer case depicting three classical figures within a rococo border. Third protective outer case with silver bezels and pique pins covered in horn. The horn underpainted with a scene of a hunter firing a gun at a bird, a dog at his side. | ||
| Signed | Seamoure - London | |
| Condition | Hallmarked London | 1793 |
| Case | Excellent. The horn on the back of protective outer cracked, and very slight damage to the bezel | ||
| Dial | Excellent. | Diameter [repousse case] | 51 mm |
| Movement | Excellent.. | Depth | 14 mm |
| A highly decorative watch. It is unusual to find three parts of a watch with decorative scenes. In style it would appear to be Dutch and about thirty years earlier than the date of the London hallmark. This may be due to watches of unchanging design continuing to be imported for many years or the case being assayed at a later date. In fine overall condition; the damage to the horn covering is not serious and very much less than would be expected for a watch of the period. |
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