Maker: Barbere, Jean
Large watch in pierced silver case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Jean Barberet A Paris'. Balance cock, table oval pierced and engraved, with free form edge. Neck square pierced, foot small pierced and engraved with free form edge, now with screw fixing. Polished steel balance. Pierced and engraved set-up click. Silver locking plate with radial Arabic figures, centre chased with floral design, steel hand set in central brass stud. Engraved decoration around rectangular escapement hole.
Fusee iron post pierced and chased. Brass case bolt and spring, with decorative foot, on dial plate having steel nib through dial plate. Potance riveted to top plate. Counter potance screwed to top plate, having steel adjusting screw. Striking barrel pierced and engraved with flowers. Decorative steel striking gates. Hammer arbour baluster shape.
Pillar plate with four turned baluster pillars. One pierced steel latch for dial plate. Three rectangular holes for dial plate feet.
Split fusee and chain, fusee cut for, and barrel with holes for, gut. Barrel with two lips. Set-up click on top plate. Verge escapement. Train planted clockwise. Striking train of five pinions, speed controlled by inertia. Train planted clockwise.
HAND: Flat blued steel with circular counterpoise.
DIAL PLATE: Four projections to fit case, three bayonet feet. Front engraved with flowers outside and inside. Silver chapter ring engraved with radial Roman chapters with very small arrow half-hour marks, all between rings. Back with engraved lines around edge, recess for hour wheel and pinion of report.
BELL: Heavy with thick edge.
CASE: Silver body pierced and engraved with flowers, with some brass reinforcing pieces inside the back. The bezel and edge of body are also engraved with flowers. Glass retained with ring, with tabs bent to retain glass against ring, and ring into bezel. Spherical pendent with plain ring.
The watch appears to have been modernised.
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1913-06-05) by Smart, Frank Gray
17th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
: Original date of construction
Fusee Post
composed of
iron
Chapter Ring, Case
composed of
silver
Locking Plate
composed of
silver
Adjusting Screw
composed of
steel
Hand, Latch, Balance
composed of
steel
Bolt/spring
composed of
brass (alloy)
Central Stud
composed of
brass (alloy)
Case
composed of
glass
Diameter 84.5 mm
Height 102 mm
Thickness 42 mm
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 61.75 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 64.5 mm
Bell
Diameter 71 mm
Height 22 mm
Movement (dial Plate)
Diameter 72.5 mm
Pillar
Height 10.5 mm
Balance
Decoration
Hand
Locking Plate, Post
Movement
Accession number: M/P.3-1913
Primary reference Number: 207137
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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