| A fine late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve sun and moon dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with pierced tulip pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved cock with small wings, broad pierced and
engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Silver champleve dial, Arabic numerals for the minutes, blue steel poker hand. The hours are indicated by a waxed champleve silver disc which rotates once every 24 hours. This is viewed through a semi-circular aperture and has engraved on one half the gilt 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. The lower half of the dial decoratively chased and engraved in a design reflected on the outer case. Silver pair cases, plain inner case with silver pendant and bow, maker's mark "PL" in a rectangle. The outer case profusely chased and engraved, square seven joint hinge.
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