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Index No. A6931 Bilston Enamel Pair Cased Verge
A late 18th Century Bilston enamel case with a contemporary Swiss verge gilt inner.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator disc on an unusually shaped pierced and engraved plate.  Round pillars.  Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Plain gilt inner case marked "Leton".  Fine Bilston enamel outer case set in engraved gilt mounts.  The back depicting a rural scene, a young couple in the foreground.  Yellow gilt rococo border to scene surrounded by a puce coloured ground.
SignedFs. Deroche   - Geneve
Circa 1770
Diameter 46 mm
Cases of this type are very rare.
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