watch;
watch-case
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.2355
- Description
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GOLD AND ENAMEL CASED VERGE WATCH.
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Verge escapement.
White enamel dial.
Pierced gold hands.
Gold and enamel case showing attended reclining figure of Vanity; one putto, pours gold into a coffer, another stands behind; inside case shows large house with tree and bushes.
Continuous landscape on enamel around bezel.
Hexagonal stop iron stud.
Train count
:::::::::::
Great wheel[fusee]...60
Second wheel.........62..10 Third wheel..........54...6 Contrate wheel.......50...6 Crown wheel..........11...6
Hour wheel...........32
Minute wheel pinion...8
Minute wheel.........30
Canon pinion.........10
Regulation pinion....24
Regulation sector....16
Set-up ratchet........25
- Production date
- 1785-1795
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 43.40 millimetres (case)
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Diameter: 34.30 millimetres (dial)
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Thickness: 22 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 2 (2016)
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1 (Aug 1995)
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2 (1994) Verdigris on gilded parts.
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1201.2355
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: B41 (Ilbert Ledger)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.2355 (Ilbert Collection)