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Index No. A8228 Silver Pair Cased Windmill Automaton
An early 19th Century English verge with windmill automaton dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved round cock, gilt regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance.  White enamel dial, the centre with a polychrome enamel scene of a windmill with its engraved gilt sails rotating on the contrate wheel arbor.  Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Matching silver pair cases, unusual silver oval pendant with a round stem as it passes through the outer case.  Maker's mark "WH" in a rectangle.
SignedWestmore    Preston
Hallmarked Birmingham 1812
Diameter 55 mm
Depth15 mm
A good original example of an English windmill automaton which become scarce in recent years.  
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