alarm watch;
watch-case
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.264
- Description
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SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH WITH ALARM.
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Verge escapement; silver cock, pierced foot and endstone.
Silver champlevé dial with central alarm setting disc.
Blued-steel beetle and poker hands.
Silver pair cases; inner pierced and engraved; central area shows clasped hands, Cupid and four birds; foliate strapwork with birds, grotesques and a mask around the band; inscription around the back; outer case is pierced and engraved and repoussé in the centre depicting Jupiter and Juno.
Outer case lined with red velvet.
- Production date
- 1700-1720
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 43.80 millimetres (dial)
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Diameter: 50.50 millimetres (inner case)
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Diameter: 59.50 millimetres (outer case)
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Thickness: 35.50 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Latest: 3 (2016)
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1201.264
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.0264 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: N138 (Ilbert Ledger)
