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| Index No. A7942 | Pair Cased English Cylinder |
| A late 18th Century English cylinder in gilt metal pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the large diamond endstone and silver regulator disc. Pierced and engraved cock, plain three arm polished steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, long round gilt pendant and bow, maker's mark "TG". | ||
| Signed | George Burgess London 223 - from the Kings Watchmaker | |
| Circa | 1790 | |
| Diameter | 55 mm | ||
| Depth | 13 mm |
| A good example of a late 18th Century English cylinder with the dust cover unusually marked "from the Kings Watchmaker" probably indicating the maker had been apprenticed to a maker who supplied the Royal family. |
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