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| Index No. A7333 | Gold Ruby Cylinder by Norton |
| A late 18th Century English ruby cylinder by Eardley Norton in a gold open face case. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover. Pierced and engraved cock with large diamond endstone, unusually finely executed mask. Silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Sapphire cylinder in a polished steel cage, large brass escape wheel. Gold engine turned dial with applied gold Arabic numerals on a matted ground, blue steel hands. Faded engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, the gilt dust cover forming the cuvette. Maker's mark "LC". | ||
| Signed | Eardley Norton - London 5689 | |
| Circa | 1775 | |
| Diameter | 43 mm | ||
| Depth | 13 mm |
| 18th Century English ruby cylinders are uncommon. Eardley Norton, 1762, free of the Clockmakers Company 1770 - 1794. He was an eminent maker of the late 18th Century and his name is more often seen on Swiss watches of lesser quality. The case bears the London hallmark of either 1776 or 1816. Although a date of 1776 would accord with the date of the movement the style suggests it mas purpose made in the early 19th Century. |
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