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Index No. A8201 Silver Champleve Dial Verge
A fine early 18th Century English verge in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc, the tongue of an engraved serpent serving as the indicator.  Signed champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, split bezel, the outer with a seven joint square hinge, maker's mark "WB".
SignedRobt Bumstead    Holborn
Circa 1705
Diameter 57 mm
Depth19 mm
In excellent overall condition.  Robert Bumstead was apprenticed in 1700 and free of the Clockmakers Company 1707 - 1736. Casemaker William Bertram working from about 1680 to 1725.
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