| An early 19th Century English verge made for the Turkish market in a gold and enamel pair case. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc with Turkish markings. Plain three
arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Gold pair cases, the plain inner with 18 carat mark, maker's mark "AN" and number corresponding to that on the movement. The outer with blue , red and white champleve enamel to the bezels. The dark fully restored polychrome enamel scene of a three masted sailing ship in a heavy sea surrounded by a
border of translucent red enamel over an engine turned ground.
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