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Unusual Pair Cased Windmill Automaton

A rare 19^th Century English verge with an unusual form of windmill automaton in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round cock, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Rare fully restored polychrome enamel dial depicting a church on the left, its clock tower indicating the hours in Roman numerals. The minutes are shown by a central gilt hand on a very narrow chapter at the edge of the dial in Arabic numerals. On the right a windmill, the black sails rotating on the contrate wheel arbor. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “JM” in a rectangle.

Hallmarked London 1826

£3,400.00 Add to cart
Turquoise Set Gold Swiss Lever

A 19^th Century Swiss lever in a decorative three colour gold open face case set with turquoise. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Ratchet tooth lever escapement. Signed engine turned gold dial with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Attractive 18 carat open face case with applied three colour gold decoration and set with turquoise on the back and bezels. Wound and set through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.

Circa 1830

£1,800.00 Add to cart
Decorative Double Cased Quarter Repeater

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in an unusual double gold and enamel case. Slim keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands. The inner 18 carat open face case with engine turned and engraved back. Scolloped bezels, wound and set through the signed gold cuvette. The gold outer case shaped to match the inner case, hinged back and front bezel decorated with blue and white enamel.

Circa 1830

£4,200.00 Add to cart
Pearl Set Gold and Enamel Verge

A small 19^th Century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel full hunter case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Winding through the fully restored white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Small 18 carat full hunter case, pearl set bezels, ribbed middle. Translucent dark blue enamel covers decorated with a geometric iridescent pattern. Rectangular gold pendant, a small button in the top to open the front cover.

Circa 1830

£3,700.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Ruby Cylinder

A 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating ruby cylinder with offset seconds by Courvoisier in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock, polished steel parachute with garnet endstone, blue steel regulator, temperature compensation curb. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Ruby cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds offset at 3 o'clock, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle, maker's mark “CAD”. Wound and set through the signed gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1830

£2,600.00 Add to cart
Rare Pearl Encrusted Gold Repeater

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a rare pearl encrusted gold open face case. Skeletonised three quarter plate gilt keywind movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. Gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Fine gold open face case the bezels set with a row of large split pearls. The back encrusted with graduated split pearls in a geometric pattern. The background of the design filled with many hundreds of tiny split pearls entirely covering the back. Trefoil bow, wound and set through the gold cuvette. Pearl set key and short gold chain.

Circa 1840

£29,000.00 Add to cart
Enamelled Silver Gilt Chinese Market Pocket Watch

A mid 19^th Century centre seconds duplex made for the Chinese market in a pearl set silver gilt and enamelled open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved bridges and suspended going barrel, blue steel stop work and screws. Engraved sector cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator. Five arm polished steel balance. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with centre seconds, slender Roman numerals, gilt hands. Unusual silver gilt open face case, the front bezel, front of the oval pendant and bow set with split pearls. On the reverse the bezel, pendant and bow are decorated with blue champleve enamel. The back of a finely painted polychrome enamel portrait of a young lady on a blue background. Wound and set through the sprung gilt cuvette.

A very well executed portrait on an unusual case. In excellent overall condition

Circa 1840

£25,000.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Watch with Lorgnettes

A rare combination of watch and folding lorgnettes in a diamond set gold and enamel case. Rectangular keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Gold engine turned and engraved case. The front cover decorated with translucent blue enamel over an engine turned ground, foliate decoration set with a large diamond and small diamonds around it. Moving a small latch in the waisted section of the body releases the spectacles which spring out and unfold themselves at the bridge. Presentation box cover in underpainted horn inlaid with brass stringing, purple velvet lining.

Circa 1840

£11,000.00 Add to cart
Rare Pearl and Ruby Encrusted Gold Watch

An early 19^th Century rare pearl and ruby encrusted gold open face watch. Fitted with a Swiss cylinder Keywind gilt bar movement, plain cock with polished steel regulator. Wound through the gilt dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Fine gold open face case the bezels set with a row of pink rubies each circled by split pearls. The back encrusted with graduated split pearls in a geometric pattern set around a central ruby. The background of the design filled with many hundreds of tiny split pearls entirely covering the back. Pearl set pendant, ruby and pearl set bow. Green morocco covered presentation case.

Circa 1840

£11,500.00 Add to cart
Silver Pair Cased Oddfellows Dial Verge

A mid 19^th Century English verge with polychrome enamel dial of the Oddfellows Society in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round cock, polished steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. White enamel dial, polychrome enamel and gilt centre painted with two women and Oddfellows symbols, the all seeing eye above and below the motto “Amicita Amor et Veritas”. Around the scene “Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity”. Roman numerals, gilt hands. Silver pair cases, plain silver inner with silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “JH” in an oval. Plain silver outer case with faded mark.

Hallmarked London 1841

£1,450.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Cylinder Pocket Watch

A mid 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator . Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Silver dial with decoratively engraved centre, Roman numerals, gold hands. Engraved gold open face case, the back with a well painted polychrome enamel scene of a lady and a cupid in a chapel. Wound and set through the engine turned gold cuvette.

Circa 1850

£2,950.00 Add to cart
Rare Chinese Market Duplex with Enamelled Movement

A rare mid 19^th Century enamelled duplex for the Chinese market in a plain silver case. Keywind movement with gilt champleve blue enamel cock and bridges. The suspended going barrel decorated with red champleve enamel. Gilt engine turned plate. Garnet endstone in a gold engraved setting, polished steel regulator. Blue steel screws. Polished and blue steel three arm balance, decorative gilt weights, spiral hairspring. Steel crab tooth duplex escape wheel allowing the hand to appear to beat seconds. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, centre seconds, blue steel hands. Plain silver open face case, silver oval pendant and bow, button to release the back cover which is marked in Chinese characters within a oval. Glazed engraved silver sprung cuvette with apertures for winding and hand set.

Circa 1860

£19,000.00 Add to cart