1592991093000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-167270 1755194528657 1535104213000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-167270 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167270 516e2d34-8e29-344e-a092-4d793953770d 7 reference term-88414 adlib-term-88414 7ba86d11-7593-3188-9cdb-125ae0c4e5db watches reference term-109055 adlib-term-109055 e1bd97e4-ac8c-32b0-a84d-8e553451dbd3 gilt brass reference term-27716 adlib-term-27716 246eefd8-f18b-3c47-8338-d68140b3497e gilt Movement reference term-27662 adlib-term-27662 ef599247-8a54-3c72-b177-5ea918ef18dc polishing reference term-29409 adlib-term-29409 f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2 engraving reference term-32638 adlib-term-32638 97b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2b enamel Movement, Case reference term-28662 adlib-term-28662 dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8 enamelling reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Movement, Dial, Case reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Dial reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Movement, Hands reference term-120884 adlib-term-120884 398f5ccb-a942-3706-8d38-0ca5ab4970da bluing reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass Case, Dial Glass Applied Arts Cylinder singing bird watch in gold and enamel case. MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'HILRE. BASSEREAU N. 532 INT ET FEC. T'. Top plate shaped to accomodate bellows and pipe. Polished steel lever work. Central cylindrical box with painted polychrome enamel lid, depicting a bird on a branch against a background of a moor with mountains behind. Lid opens to reveal a gilt plate engraved with stems and flowers, with opening to take the bird. The bird (A), which pivots up and rotates when the lid is opened, has a brass body covered with feathers, and has articulated beak and wings. Pillar plate with three gilt, cylindrical pillars and one rectangular pillar of blued steel. Polished steel balance cock, open table, polished steel coquette over polished steel regulator. Gold balance. Polished steel fusee set-up ratchet (for bird song) and winding-up wheels. Polished steel time winding click. Bar for time. Second and third wheels, second wheel recessed. Gilt brass cock for song 'balance' fly, fly in hole plate. Plate edge engraved. Applied time dial at 6 o'clock. Going barrel, and small time train. Ruby cylinder escapement, steel escape. wheel. Time train planted anti-clockwise. Song train with fusee and chain, stack of four cams driven by idler, two cam followers pumped, after one cam revolution, by cam above plate. One cam follower controls pipe length (note) and raises and lowers bird, other follower controls air to whistle, and controls bird's wings and beak. Train speed controlled by endless-screw and 'balance' fly. Song train planted anti-clockwise. DIAL: Gold. Outer dotted minute ring, vertical applied silver Arabic chapters set with diamonds, inner ring of applied diamonds, centre matted. HANDS: Blued steel, Breguet type. CASE: Gold and enamel. Cylindrical body, outside having ring of diamond shapes, enamelled in blue with gold design, and circles, enamelled in black with gold designs. Hinged back cover with outer ring of diamond shapes, decorated with gold and black enamel, a circle of blue enamel stars then a ring of black enamel with gold decoration around bird plaque. Front cover as back, but small time dial at 6 o'clock with ring of black enamel, with gold decoration. Plain gold pendant, wasted stem, round top, with fixed push piece, oval bow with ball ends. Maker's mark 'JS' or 'IS' with a pellet above and below within a lozenge. Assay mark for a second standard gold 1798-1809. Exercise mark for medium-sized gold and silver 1798-1809. An illegible mark with a 2 on the right side. Impressed mark '150'. Dealer's scratch mark '55041'. Bow of later date, after 1821. Stamped with the head of a horned cow, a dog's head looking to the right, and a ram's head looking to the left. KEYS: Two (B & C) reference exhibition-1077 adlib-exhibition-1077 a9790b74-5102-3534-9d71-e4f0dc4f89f3 Tempus, The Art of Time M.7 & A-C-1948 1 accession number M.7 & A-C-1948 167270 priref 167270 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167270 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167270 the RE is raised and the T at the end of INT and FECT on movement engraved HILRE. BASSEREAU N. 532 INT ET FEC. T inscription JS or IS with a pellet above and below in a lozenge on case struck JS or IS, pellet above and below maker's mark case assay mark case excise mark bow head of a horned cow, with a 'P' between the horns mark bow dog's head looking right mark ram's head looking to the left restricted warranty mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Miss Mildred Beresford Hope reference agent-183327 adlib-agent-183327 8b282a3e-2767-338f-8b80-dbf356b02c4b Hope, Mildred Beresford 1948 1948 1948 given Entry date: 1948 1798 1798 CE 1798 circa 1798 1809 The case bears the Paris assay and excise marks for 1798-1809. The movement is a little earlier than the case, probably about 1790 1 1809 CE 1809 1809 watchmaker reference agent-183326 adlib-agent-183326 9ddd2afa-2c89-3032-a554-f2963db7fb9c Bassereau, Jean Hillaire reference term-120914 adlib-term-120914 38282250-24c1-3658-b0f2-472946f4254c 18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early reference term-129470 adlib-term-129470 8353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21 literal France France country Paris Height mm 73 Thickness mm 19 Width mm 61.75 reference media-206751 adlib-media-206751 e9710b28-436e-3f12-a59a-682bf996e9c6 jpeg aa/aa37/m_7_20_26_20A_C_1948_1_201507_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 826 1616283714526 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_m_7_20_26_20A_C_1948_1_201507_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 620 width pixels 500 1616283714526 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/m_7_20_26_20A_C_1948_1_201507_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 826 1616283714526 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_m_7_20_26_20A_C_1948_1_201507_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 310 width 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Beresford Hope to whom given by his mother, Lady Beresford Hope in 1841, the year he came of age; by descent to the donor reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Information on Bassereau 18 reference publication-6558 adlib-publication-6558 bfe62ffb-0462-3ed3-95ac-2ebc35fdc181 Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World 33 reference publication-7752 adlib-publication-7752 f0666643-aafe-3b76-a3c1-6d8884d3a7c0 Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français Automaton Watches, by Graham Webb 98 reference publication-7803 adlib-publication-7803 ce0fb99d-5dbf-3bc4-b730-ad7a98da0175 Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide (September 1979) illustrated fig. 12-14 21-23 reference publication-200003037 adlib-publication-200003037 2d362ff5-8dcb-3e67-a3c4-84409d005494 Singing Bird Watches animal reference term-106419 adlib-term-106419 6a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90 bird activity reference term-108055 adlib-term-108055 e9d54193-0248-31ef-8c46-665989c555b7 singing literal bird bird literal singing singing reference term-88053 adlib-term-88053 53616c4d-e4e2-36e8-b051-667220338d22 watch watch <value>Singing Bird Watch</value> object OBJECT