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Index No. A8721 Diamond Set Gold and Enamel English Duplex
An 18th Century English duplex in a fine diamond and pearl set gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate fire gilt movement, pierced and engraved cock with diamond endstone, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Duplex escapement, ruby locking stone, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Wound through the convex white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands.  Fine gold and enamel consular case, the bezels set with a row of large split pearls.  The back covered with fully restored translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground and decorated with gilt stars at the edge.  In the centre a large rectangular diamond surrounded by a diamond set oval star.  The front bezel opened by depressing a button in the pendant.
SignedJohnson    Grays Inn Pafsage
Circa 1780
Diameter 51 mm
A good example of a decorative 18th Century English duplex.  Probably John Johnson who succeeded his father, Thomas, at Grays Inn Passage after his death in 1775.
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