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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
Rare Gold Quarter Repeating Duplex

A 19^th Century English quarter repeating duplex influenced by Breguet in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs operated by a pull and twist plunger in the band. Engine turned gold dial with subsidiary seconds, faded Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case, pull and twist repeat plunger in the band at three o’clock, with ribbed middle. Signed and numbered clip on gold cuvette locked by a screw (now lacking), maker’s mark “CAP” in an oval.

Hallmarked London 1829

£4,750.00 Add to cart
Gold Musical Seal with Erotic Automaton

An early 19^th Century Swiss gold musical seal containing an automated erotic scene. Oval musical movement. Situated above the movement a polychrome scene of a couple who spring to life when the music plays. Centrally wound by the top ring through the free-standing superstructure of gold representations of serpents. Decorated oval band, hinged seal which conceals the scene left plain. Lateral slide to control musical train.

Circa 1830

£11,750.00 Add to cart
Slim Gold Swiss Cylinder and Key

A very slim early 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in an engraved open face case with male ratchet key. 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. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, delicate blue steel hands. Slim engraved and engine turned 18 carat open face case. Wound and set with a male key through the engraved and engine turned gold cuvette. Short gold chain, gilt ratchet key with a male square.

Circa 1830

£1,200.00 Add to cart
Quarter Repeating Gold Full Hunter

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a gold full hunter case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. 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 polished steel gongs. Engine turned gold dial, black enamel Roman numerals and minute markings, blue steel hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat rose gold full hunter case, engine turned middle. Gold push pendant and two small rectangular buttons to open the covers. Wound and set through the signed cuvette which also details features of the movement.

Circa 1830

£4,300.00 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
Silver Duplex by McCabe

A mid 19^th Century English duplex by McCabe fitted in a silver full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, ruby locking jewel, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Fitted in a later plain silver full hunter case.

Circa 1838

£1,200.00 Add to cart
Long Silver Chatelaine

A mid 19^th Century silver simple chatelaine of five lengths of fine curb link chain. Plain silver bars at each end and three keepers on the chains. Later shield shaped silver fob with vacant gold centre. The back engraved with details of a Euphonium competition in 1929, hallmarked Birmingham 1928.

Circa 1840

£190.00 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
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
Rare Irish Gold and Enamel Lever

A rare mid 19^th Century Irish fusee lever in a gold and enamel full hunter case decorated with shamrocks. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain, Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Decorative engine turned and engraved gold dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat full hunter case with ribbed middle. Both covers engraved and decorated with two rows of shamrocks in translucent green enamel. On the front cover the shield shaped cartouche engraved with a heraldic device. The back cover centered by a harp in blue and red and enamel. Maker’s mark "JD" and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked Dublin 1863

£6,500.00 Add to cart