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half-quarter-repeating watch
;
watch-case
Object Type
half-quarter-repeating watch
watch-case
Museum number
1894,0306.1
Escapement
cylinder
Description
SILVER PAIR-CASED CYLINDER WATCH WITH HALF-QUARTER REPEAT [OUTER CASE MISSING]. Cylinder escapement. Enamel dial. Blued-steel beetle and poker hands. Gilt-brass dust-cap. Silver inner case only; pierced and engraved.
Producer name
Made by:
Edward Ellicott senior
Case made by:
John Terrill Pain
Bell made by:
Drury
Production date
1779
Production place
Made in:
London (England)
Case made in:
London (England)
(7 Dean Street)
Materials
silver
(watch-case)
Technique
pierced
(watch-case)
engraved
(watch-case)
Dimensions
Diameter:
41.70 millimetres
(case)
Diameter:
37 millimetres
(dial)
Thickness:
24.90 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1992-1993 2 Oct-28 Mar, London, BM, Britain's First View of China
Condition
Latest: 3 (2017)
Associated names
Associated with:
Jeremy Bentham
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Acquisition date
1894
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1894,0306.1
Conservation
C&W Treatment