| A fine late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve Sun and Moon dial in decorative silver and tortoiseshell pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement, decorative tulip pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved cock , vestigial wings, the
pierced and engraved foot with irregular edge. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Fine silver champleve dial, the signature in an oval flanked by two birds and a winged mask below, blue steel poker hand. Arabic numerals for the minutes, the hours indicated by a blue steel disc which rotates once every 24 hours. This is viewed through a semi-circular aperture and is inset with a gold engraved sun on one half and on the other a silver moon and stars. At the edge of the
semi-circle the hours are marked from six through twelve and back to six in Roman numerals. As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left. Silver inner case, split bezel, silver ring pendant and bow, maker's mark "VB". The outer covered in red tortoiseshell richly decorated with silver pins and overlaid by an engraved and pierced silver mask depicting two birds in foliage.
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