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| Index No. A8131 | Diamond Set Gold and Enamel Cylinder |
| A late 18th Century English cylinder in a fine gold and enamel consular case set with the Royal cipher in diamonds. Full plate fire gilt movement with gilt dust ring. Pierced and engraved masked cock, diamond endstone, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel. Winding through the later white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands. Fine gold and enamel consular case, the bezels and pendant of light blue and white champleve enamel. The back of dark translucent enamel over an engine turned ground mounted with the cipher of King George III surmounted by a crown formed of diamonds. A button in the top of the pendant depressed to open the front bezel. | ||
| Signed | Hugh Gordon Fort St. George Madras | |
| Hallmarked London | 1796 | |
| Diameter | 52 mm | ||
| Probably made for presentation in the name of the King to an Indian dignitary. Hugh Gordon (1766 - 1834) was descended from the Gordons of Lesmoir. The business which started in the late 18th Century was continued by Robert Gordon when Hugh returned to Scotland in 1803. In 1849 James Gordon entered into partnership with Peter Orr (also of Scottish descent) and in 1863 the firm became P. Orr & Sons. The company still exists to the present day with six shops in India. (See Orr and Sons and The Gordons of Manar ). |
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