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A gilt-metal pair cased pocket…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A gilt-metal pair cased pocket watch, maker Thomas Good English Circa 1730 4.4 cm diameter, 6.2 cm high, 5.1 cm case diameter. A gilt-metal pair cased pocket watch, maker Thomas Good. English Circa 1730. Gilt-metal pair cased watch, the inner case plain, long pendant, broad stirrup bow. The outer. case is covered in shagreen (or Chagreen, as Robert Burnett called it in a letter to Norman dated 13/2/1972) or shark skin tanned and coloured green, decorated with brass pin work. Gold champleve dial, black enamel Roman hour numerals, black enamel Arabic minute. numerals, blued steel beetle and poker hands. Signed "Good" on a polished ribbon above the centre of the dial and "London" on a polished ribbon below. The movement has a verge escapement, fusee and chain drive. Balance cock with a pierced. and engraved table, symmetrical foliate pattern with a mask near the foot, and pierced and engraved foot. Plain, squared pillars (see Britten, figure 15, page 115, third example from the right), ornate fusee stop, pierced fret forming indicator for the silver regulator dial. Signed on the back plate "T. Good, London, 731'. Reference: Thomas Good was apprenticed to Henry Jones in 1700. This watch was mentioned in the AHS Journal for March 1972 under Sold at Auction: 'T. Good, London, No 731. Gilt-metal pair-cased verge watch, gold champleve dial, outer case with green sharkskin, circa 1730, sold Sotheby's late 1971 for 110 pounds". Provenance: Purchased by Norman Dean from Robert Burnett, Nottingham, January 1972 for 195 pounds. Dimensions: 4.4 cm diameter, 6.2 cm high, 5.1 cm case diameter
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob