IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 207139 accession number: M/P.5-1913 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Friday 27 November 2015 updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Verge watch, in later silvered case. MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Jn le Roy' A PARIS no 11096', and 'Jn LEROY' and 'A PARIS' painted on the dial. Balance bridge pierced and engraved, 4 'C' pierced on table and lace edge, polished steel coquette. Silver regulation dial with Turkish lettering. Steel balance. Engraved counter potance foot on plate. Straight diamond shaped fusee iron post. Polished steel case bolt with conical end, nib under dial. Adjustable potance. Counter potance with polished steel end piece. Pillar plate with four five-sided baluster pillars. Centre wheel recessed, third wheel bridge, small hole in plate for contrate arbour and small square hole for third wheel pinion. Under dial, centre recessed to case bolt spring, outer stamped '11096'. Fusee and chain, one lip on barrel, set-up click between plates. Verge escapement. Anti-clockwise train, third wheel next to top plate. DIAL: White enamel on copper, with a gold centre that is chased, and with green enamel leaves and white enamel name segments at 6 and 12 o'clock. Counter enamel with white 'F' and three feet. On the outer side of the dial are radial Turkish 5 min. figures, ladder min. ring, with small dots at 5 mins., radial Turkish chapters, applied gold fleur-de-lis half hour marks. Scalloped edge, gold centre with chased floral design with green enamel leaves and two white enamel sectors under 12, and above 6 o'clock. Top sector with Jn. LEROY, and with bottom sector with 'A. PARIS' in black. HANDS: Blued steel with diamond shaped swell. CASE: Consular, silvered brass. Back and bezel engraved with floral design, body with scalloped edge. The case hing has a too narrow centre, second case bolt slot. Short, slightly tapered, cylindrical pendent with spherical top deeply chased, with vertical lines, slightly twisted. Chased stirrup bow. title: watch LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Frank Gray Smart creditline: Frank Gray Smart Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207139 TECHNIQUES ---------- enamelling CATEGORIES ------ category: watches DATING ------ creation date: 1730 - 1730 creation date earliest: 1730 creation date latest: 1730 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Le Roy, Julien