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A gold duplex pocket watch,…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A gold duplex pocket watch, maker Parkinson and Frodsham English Circa 1824 5.3 cm diameter, 6.7 cm high. A gold duplex pocket watch, maker Parkinson and Frodsham. English Circa 1824. Gents 18 carat gold open face watch. Plain case with a Wyvem engraved on the back ( a. Wyvern has two legs; a Dragon has four). Short round pendant, round bow. Inside back cover. inscribed "F. T. Ward" with lightly chased geometric decoration above and foliate decoration. below. Winding hole in inside back cover. Case has London hallmarks for 18 carat and 1824. Casemaker's mark "WM", possibly William Mordan whose mark was entered in 1820 when. he was at Lambeth and then when he moved to 3 Berkly Street in 1821. He is listed as a. watchcase maker. White enamel dial, black Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial with Arabic seconds. numerals. Printed name on dial "Parkinson & Frodsham, London" beneath 12 o'clock. Gold. spade hands. Fusee drive, duplex escapement. Two arm bi-metallic chronometer type balance. Solid. balance cock, diamond end stone, neither backplate nor balance cock decorated, although the. backplate is signed "Parkinson & Frodsham, Change Alley, London, 7555". Brass dust cover. Reference: William Parkinson was working between 1801 and 1847 and was in partnership with W. J.Frodsham during that period. Frodsham was born in 1778 and died in 1850. He was Master. of the Clockmakers Company in 1836 and 1837. They were chronometer makers and. published reports on trials of their chronometer in 1832 and 1833, and an article in Nautical. Magazine 1833 on "The Change of Rates in Chronometers". There is a chronometer made by. them in the Greenwich Museum. Provenance: Purchased at an Isles Love & Co. auction sale in 1968. Dimensions: 5.3 cm diameter, 6.7 cm high
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