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A rare scarlet tortoise-shell…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A rare scarlet tortoise-shell and silver pair-cased watch, with silver pin-work, maker Robert Dent English Circa 1705 4.6 cm diameter, 5.7 cm high, 5.8 cm case diameter. A rare scarlet tortoise-shell and silver pair-cased watch, with silver pin-work, maker Robert Dent. English Circa 1705. silver pair-cased watch, the outer case covered in tortoiseshell ( correctly turtle-shell, probably hawksbill turtle) decorated with silver pinwork. Part of the tortoiseshell on the bezel. has been repaired and pinwork is missing. Inner box plain, not hallmarked. Squared hinge to. split bezel, Bulls-eye glass. Short round pendant, stirrup bow. Silver dial, inner Roman hour numerals with black niello highlights, outer Arabic minute. numerals. Cartouche above centre surround by a shell, date aperture below and foliate. decoration around centre arbor, dial not signed. Blued Steel, tulip hour hand and blued steel. poker hand. Fusee drive, verge escapement. Pierced balance cock, table decorated with chased foliate. design, pierced and chased foot to match. Silver regulator dial and backplate with beak of. bird as indicator. Signed "R. Dent, London". Reference: Britten lists a Robert Dent who was apprenticed to Benjamin Bell. on 15/2/1670, granted freedom of the clock.makers Company 4/7/1681 and worked in London. until 1746. Provenance: Purchased by Edwin Dean Normans son from Lawrence Gould 17/12/1971. Dimensions: 4.6 cm diameter, 5.7 cm high, 5.8 cm case diameter
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Unclassified