| A fine late 18th Century English verge with champleve dial made for the Turkish market in three silver and tortoiseshell cases. Fire gilt verge movement, small Egyptian pillars with pierced galleries above. Fusee and chain, pierced and engraved cock. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc
with Turkish markings. Fine signed silver champleve dial with Turkish numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, the bezel of the outer decoratively engraved. Silver pendant and bow, maker's mark "IR". Third protective case covered in tortoiseshell and decorated with silver pique pins, engraved silver bezels. The movement number scratched on the bezels of the outer cases.
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