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A rare silver pair-cased pocket…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A rare silver pair-cased pocket watch, maker George Brooke English Circa 1700 4.3 cm diameter, 5.2 cm high, case diameter 5.1 cm. A rare silver pair-cased pocket watch, maker George Brooke. English Circa 1700. Silver pair cased watch, both inner and outer cases marked "RB", for Richard Bigge, casemaker of London. The inner case has a stirrup bow and a square hinge for the bezel, and the outer case has a rounded-off hinge. Silver champleve dial, blued steel beetle and poker hands, signed on a cartouche above the. centre "Brooke" and below the centre on a cartouche "London". Gilt edge to the dial outside the. chapter ring. The movement has a verge escapement, fusee and chain drive, Egyptian pillars and ornate. fusee stop. Winged cock with mask at base of table, pierced and engraved with a foliate pattern and centred by a shell, the foot similarly pierced and engraved. Pierced and engraved fret above regulator dial. Signed on the backplate "Geo Brooke London". Reference: Brooke was apprenticed to Robert Crosby in 1671, free of the Clockmakers Company in 1681 and worked until 1701. Provenance: Purchased by Norman Dean from Dr. Burnett in January 1973 for 270 pounds.A lovely little watch, according to Norman. Dimensions: 4.3 cm diameter, 5.2 cm high, case diameter 5.1 cm.
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob