| An early 18th Dutch verge with mock pendulum and champleve dial in silver repousse pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement, unusual pillars with pierced and engraved silver affixes in the form of fish secured by a blue steel plate. Chased and engraved silver cock with a semi-circular aperture revealing the gilt mock pendulum bob. On the table a scene with a cupid holding a heart and
engraved at the edge "Een is my Genoeg". Pierced and engraved decorative plate, a square to adjust the regulator, its index visible through the glazed mock pendulum aperture. Fusee and chain with ratchet barrel setup between the plates. Silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, arcaded minute ring, pierced gilt hands. Plain silver inner case, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark "F Chommel". The "repousse" type outer of cast silver depicting a classical scene depicting
soldiers and a family group with a child within a rococo border, signed "Cochin - F".
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