Case | The plain gold inner case, numbered 4540 and with maker’s mark W.S. (William Sherwood) and winding hole. The gold pendant possibly replaced. The outer case plain gold, hinged bezel, un-numbered and possibly of a later date. |
Dial | A superb two-piece champlevé gold dial, the chased and matted centre with a cartouche signed Tompion Graham with cornucopia and floral garland surround. Below a similar cartouche marked London. The chapter-ring with waxed Roman numerals, lozenge half-hour marks and the outer minute ring with Arabic numerals. |
Movement | Gilded brass plates signed Thos. Tompion Geo. Graham 4540. Egyptian pillars, fusee movement with open footed balance cock with floral engraved decoration, a masked face and scrolling foliage. |
Provenance | Stanley H. Burton Sotheby’s London, 15 December 2010, lot 79 (£19,406). |
Literature | SH Burton, The Watch Collection of Stanley H Burton, London, 1981. Garnier & Carter, The Golden Age of English Horology, 2015, p.108-109. |
Escapement | Verge. |
Dimensions | 53mm diameter. |
Thomas Tompion & George Graham, London, No. 4540 circa 1712
A small gold pair-cased verge pocket watch
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