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A Joseph Foster silver pair case verge striking watch, gilt…
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Sydney
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7-Dec-2020
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A Joseph Foster silver pair case verge striking watch, gilt fullplate movement with fusee, engraved and pierced balance cock. Verge escapement. The fullplate signed 'Jos Foster London'. Striking mechanism for the hours. Tulip columns. The inner case siudes and bezel pierced and engraved with foliate scrollwork culminating in a green man at one end and an idealised classical scene on the other, possibly depicting St. Pauls Cathederal from outside the city of London walls. Two winding holes. The face with silver dial, Roman numeral chapter ring and Arabic numeraled outer ring for the minutes. Signed at centre 'Field London', beetle and poker hands. The outer case with pierced and engraved foliate scrollwork culminating in the green man at both top and bottom, stamped 'Il' with other partially legible stamps bearing 'Il', with serial number 8930. London, circa 1690-1710, diameter: 55 mm. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15th December 1983, lot 48, the collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above. Other Notes: Joseph Foster listed at exchange Alley, London from 1694, he was bound as apprentice to Francis Stamper in 1684 and became a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1691. He became a master of the Clockmakers' Guild with pupils between 1694 and 1704.
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Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob