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| Index No. A8002 | Silver Champleve Dial Verge |
| A fine late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement, tulip pillars with turned finials above the plate. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask in the table, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and ring bow, split bezel on the inner, outer case with nine joint hinge. Maker's mark "RB" in a rectangle. | ||
| Signed | David Lesturgeon London | |
| Circa | 1695 | |
| Diameter | 56 mm | ||
| Depth | 18 mm |
| In excellent overall condition. Baillie lists two watchmakers named David Lesturgeon. The father originally from Rouen came to London in 1681. This is probably by his son who was free of the Clockmakers Company 1698 - 1737 and made watches for the Royal family. The movement has some unusual features: The hour hand is set on a pentagonal arbor, the cannon arbor is not drilled for a securing pin and the hinge is on the dial plate rather than on the movement. The case also has nine joints to the hinge on the outer case which was made by Richard Blundell, circa 1688 - 1710. |
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