George Kidwell
Cataloguer
Lot 8Y
James Shearwood, London. A gold key wind triple case pocket watch with repoussé and shagreen decoration
London Hallmark for 1769
22 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,176 inc. premium
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James Shearwood, London. A gold key wind triple case pocket watch with repoussé and shagreen decoration
Date: London Hallmark for 1769
Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance cock with steel 3 arm balance, silver regulation, No.2623
Dial: White with painted centre depicting a pastoral scene, black Roman numeral hour markers, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, gilt Louis XV style hands
Case: Polished inner, repousse outer with later added decoration depicting the God Mars, outer studded shagreen case with exhibition glass
Signed: Movement
Size: 55mm
Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance cock with steel 3 arm balance, silver regulation, No.2623
Dial: White with painted centre depicting a pastoral scene, black Roman numeral hour markers, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, gilt Louis XV style hands
Case: Polished inner, repousse outer with later added decoration depicting the God Mars, outer studded shagreen case with exhibition glass
Signed: Movement
Size: 55mm
Footnotes
Provenance: Christies 26 Jun 2002, lot 39