| An early 18th Century silver verge with Sun and Moon dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Silvered pierced and engraved winged cock with pierced and engraved foot.
Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc on a gilt pierced and engraved plate. Signed silver champleve dial, Arabic numerals and blue steel poker hand for the minutes. The hours are indicated by a blue steel disc which rotates once every 24 hours. This is viewed through a semi-circular aperture and has engraved on one half the sun and on the other the moon. At the edge of the semi-circle the hours are marked from six through twelve and
back to six in Roman numerals. As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow. Maker's mark "WB".
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