A mid 19th century 18ct gold diamond and enamel fob watch, by EJ Dent, London 1850
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An 18ct gold diamond and enamel hunter fob watch, by EJ Dent, London 1850
The hunter case decorated with blue guilloché enamel inlaid with rose-cut diamonds depicting a flower spray to one side and cyphered initials below a coronet to the other, the edge with floral decoration, the gilded dial with Roman chapters, suspended from a short Albertina watch chain of twist design with blue enamel detailing, also suspending two fobs, one set with enamel and rose-cut diamonds, the other with an agate seal engraved with a coronet and the initials of Maria Isabella Hobart, diameter 35mm, the movement signed EJ Dent and numbered 14149, length of Albertina 17cm
Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The initials on the watch are those of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Augustus Edward Hobart (later Hobart-Hampden) and his wife, the Countess of Buckinghamshire, Maria Isabella.

    Reverend Augustus Edward Hobart (c.1793-1885) became the sixth Earl of Buckinghamshire in February 1849 after the death of his heirless brother. The Earldom had been created in 1746 for John Hobart. In 1878 the additional surname of Hampden was assumed through royal licence.

    A graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford University, the future Earl joined the clergy serving as Rector in Bennington, Lincolnshire; Walton-on-the Wold, Leicestershire and as Rector and Prebendary of Wolverhampton. He was married twice, firstly in 1816 to Mary Williams and then after her death in 1826 to his first cousin through his mother's Cataneo line, Maria Isabella Egremont (c.1797-1873), daughter of Reverend Godfrey Egremont.

    Provenance: By descent.

Category: Jewellery

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