alarm watch

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Object Type
Museum number: 1958,1201.640
Escapement: verge
Description: SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH WITH ALARM. Verge escapement. Silver dial. Gold hands. Silver pair cases; inner pierced and engraved; outer embossed with allegorical scene of Chronos(?) having wings clipped.
Producer name: Made by: Johan Maurer; Case made by: CGR (?)
Production date: 1730-1740
Production place: Made in: Prague
Materials: silver (case and dial); gold (hands); brass (movement); steel (movement)
Technique: engraved; embossed
Dimensions: Diameter: 40.50 millimetres (dial); Diameter: 44.20 millimetres (inner case); Diameter: 51.70 millimetres (outer case); Thickness: 29.30 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Condition: Latest: 3 (Mar 2017); 5 (2016) weeping (movement ok); 2 (1994)
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1958
Acquisition notes: Following the successful acquisition of the celebrated Ilbert collection of clocks (1958,1006 collection), prints and other related materials made possible by the generous donation of funds by Gilbert Edgar CBE Ilbert's watches were then acquired using funds provided by Gilbert Edgar, public donations and government funds.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1958,1201.640
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: A11/1 (Ilbert Ledger); Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.0640 (Ilbert Collection)
Conservation

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