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A consular style cased gold…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A consular style cased gold pocket watch, maker William Sellers English Circa 1705 4 cm diameter, 5.3 cm case diameter, 5.5 cm case hight. A consular style cased gold pocket watch, maker William Sellers. English Circa 1705. Gold (22 carat) case, the bezel hinging at 9 o'clock and the movement at 12. o'clock. The case is quite plain, bearing the case-maker's mark "E.B" surmounted by a fleur-de-lys (possibly for Edw. Bennett, listed Jackson 1727-1729). Short plain pendant and stirrup bow. White enamel dial, black Roman hour numerals, black Arabic minute numerals, blued steel. beetle and poker hands. The movement has a verge escapement, fusee and chain drive, winged balance cock, the. table pierced and engraved with a symmetrical foliate pattern centred with a shell, mask near the foot, the foot itself very broad and nicely pierced and engraved. Pierced fret indicates numbers on silver regulator dial. Signed on the back plate "Wm. Sellers London". The pillars are quite rare, with a silver head on each under an arch (as in the break-arch. bracket clocks), with an ornate fusee stop. Reference: The movement of this watch may be as early as 1705, as William Sellers (Sellars} is listed in Britten as being apprenticed in 1682, free of the Clockmakers Company in 1691, Assistant in 1724 and ceased work in 1740. The case bears a London hallmark for 1742, so it would seem that the watch was re-cased in 1742, and a new enamel dial added. The dial is typical of the style of that period, similar ones being used by makers such as Graham and Ellicott. Provenance: Purchased by Norman Dean from Lawrence Gould in December 1971 for 280 pounds. Restored by Camerer Cuss & Co in December 1975 for 37 pounds. Dimensions: 4 cm diameter, 5.3 cm case diameter, 5.5 cm case hight
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob