Joseph Duke(I). A fine late 17th century silver pair case alarm pocket watch with matched earlier case 1685/1690
Lot 5
Joseph Duke(I). A fine late 17th century silver pair case alarm pocket watch with matched earlier case 1685/1690
£1,500 - 2,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,000
Lot Details
Joseph Duke(I). A fine late 17th century silver pair case alarm pocket watch with matched earlier case
1685/1690
Signed fusee verge movement with decorative blued steel and engraved alarm barrel, polished steel hammer striking on a bell, silver regulation, pierced and engraved balance cock, tulip pillars, silver dial with engraved Roman hour chapter and decorative fleur-de-Lys between, central rotating Arabic alarm disc, later steel hand, heavy pierced and engraved case with intricately and beautifully engraved foliate back with flying birds, movement signed
51mm.

Footnotes

  • This watch was sold by Malcolm Gardner of 12, Earnshaw Street, London, in 1960.
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