alarm watch;
watch-case
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.714
- Description
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SILVER AND TORTOISE-SHELL PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH WITH ALARM [OUTER CASE NOT ORIGINAL].
Verge escapement.
Enamel dial; gilt-brass alarm disc.
Blued steel hands.
Silver inner case, pierced and engraved; outer tortoise-shell covered with silver inlay of birds and flowers, with a monogram in the middle.
Outer case not original.
- Production date
- 1680-1690
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 39.50 millimetres (dial)
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Diameter: 45.10 millimetres (inner case)
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Diameter: 52.20 millimetres (outer case)
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Thickness: 31.40 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 5 (2016) a lot of verdigris,
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5 (1996) verdigris developing on alarm spring barrel, tortoise shell missing from bezel
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1201.714
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.0714 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: K97 (Ilbert Ledger)
