| A mid 18th Century English quarter repeating verge in gold repousse pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover. Pierced and engraved cock with diamond endstone, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc covering the rest of the movement. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.
Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Push pendant quarter repeating with two hammers on a bell in the back of the case. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, unusual arcaded minute ring, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Contemporary pierced and engraved gold pair cases, probably of 22 carat. Pierced and engraved inner with gold push pendant and stirrup bow. The outer with a repousse scene depicting two figures and a child with a lamb at their feet within a rococo frame.
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