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| Index No. A5407 | Silver Dutch Calendar Verge with Champleve Dial |
| An unusually large mid 18th Century Dutch verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved bridge cock . Plain three arm gilt balance, silver regulator disc. Fine signed silver champleve dial, small rectangular window revealing the gilt date ring. Roman and Arabic numerals, arcaded minute ring, blue steel hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, split bezel, maker's mark "IL" in a rectangle. | ||
| Signed | J P Kroese - Amsterdam | |
| Condition | Circa | 1745 |
| Case | Excellent. | ||
| Dial | Excellent. | Diameter | 59 mm |
| Movement | Excellent. | Depth | 20.5 mm |
| J P Kroese, Amsterdam, 1742 -1775. This watch is very large for the period and has a champleve dial. It would have been out of fashion when made as most watches were about 50 mm in diameter and fitted with enamel dials. It may have been a special commission to replace a lost or damaged watch from an earlier period. |
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