A9734
Underpainted Horn Pair Case Pocket Watch
£1,900.00
Signed Wm Knight Thaxted
Circa 1790
Circa 1790
A late 18th Century English verge in gilt and underpainted horn pair cases.
Diameter 49 mm Depth 13 mm
Out of stock
Description
A late 18th Century English verge in gilt and underpainted horn pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Convex white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, decorative gold hands. Plain gilt metal inner case, gilt pendant and bow. Gilt metal outer covered in horn underpainted with a detailed rural scene depicting a weir and bridges and farm animals, gilt pique pins.
The underpainted horn in excellent condition, the scene unusually covering all of the back rather than just the centre
