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A silver pair-cased and…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A silver pair-cased and enamelled farmer's pocket watch, maker John Martin English Circa 1803 4.9 cm diameter, 7 cm high, 5.4 cm case diameter. A silver pair-cased and enamelled farmer's pocket watch, maker John Martin. English Circa 1803. Silver pair-cased farmer's watch with "automaton". Both inner box and outer case plain, long. pendant and stirrup bow. London hallmarks for 1803 and casemaker's mark "IW", probably. John Wood whose mark was entered in 1802 and again in 1804, and he is listed as a. casemaker in Grimwade. The outside of the box is engraved "I. B. Knight" in script. White enamel dial, decorated with a polychrome painting of a farmer leading a horse. evidently laden with bags of flour as he comes down a path away from a windmill. The. "sails" of the windmill indicate the seconds going by. The Arabic hour numerals in the. chapter ring encircle the painting. Gold spade hands. Fusee drive, verge escapement. Pierced and engraved table to balance cock decorated with a. symmetrical foliate pattern, central rosette, compote with fruit near foot. The foot is solid, chased with a foliate pattern around a central rosette. Silver regulator dial, a hand with the. index finger extended being the indicator. Circular pillars, very plain circular fusee stop. Signed on the backplate "Jno Martin, Cheltenham, No 122". Provenance: This watch was brought to Australia by John Kellond-Knight; Norman Dean sold him his property in Erobin Street, Cleveland; the Deans lived at the other end of Erobin Street. Purchased from Norman's brother Harding in April 1974 for $300. Dimensions: 4.9 cm diameter, 7 cm high, 5.4 cm case diameter
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob