Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Dufour, Abraham
Entities
Categories
Description
Verge watch in silver case
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Abraham Dufour'. Balance cock, pierced and engraved oval table and foot, both with irregular edge, foot with pointed. Steel balance. Tangent set-up, silver dial, radial Roman figures I to VI, over brass worm wheel. Steel worm with two blued steel supports with large open work feet. Rectangular fusee iron post with decorated end. Blued steel case bolt, with vertical pierced foot, nib through pillar plate, off-set from VI o'clock. Potance with engraved side riveted to plate. Counter potance rectangular with sides engraved, riveted to plate. Plug brazed in position. Pillar plate with four turned baluster pillars, second wheel bar. On dial side narrow engraved band. Split fusee, gut, barrel with two lips. Verge escapement. Train, three pinions, planted anti-clockwise. Shake hours.
DIAL: Silver, three feet. Outer ring radial Roman chapters and arrow head half-hour marks, ring with dots at hours, inner ring, centre engraved with floral design.
HAND: Brass, bulbous centre with plain baluster pointer and tail. The hand is short, only reaching about 2/3 to chapter ring.
CASE: Single silver, body and split bezel covered with gray shagreen, winding hole in body having rotating circular silver cover. Bulbous drop and pendant, plain ring bow. Scratched inside with '4187' and 'wd/-/-'.
Legal notes
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Components of the work
Fusee Post
composed of
iron
Fusee
composed of
gut
Case Covering
composed of
shagreen
Movement
composed of
silver
steel
Dial, Case
composed of
silver
Hour Hand
composed of
brass (alloy)
Case
composed of
glass
Diameter 43 mm
Height 56.25 mm
Thickness 23.25 mm
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 33.75 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 35.5 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 8.5 mm
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Abraham Dufour
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Text: '4187' and 'wd/-/-'.
- Location: Case
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Number
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M/P.59-1913
Primary reference Number: 207189
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Audit data
Created: Wednesday 2 December 2015
Updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
