Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Skeleton movement, not named, in consular case with chatelaine both set with marcasites.
MOVEMENT: Full plate skeleton movement, not named. Top plate pierced and edge shaped covered with applied, pierced, and edge shaped silver plate, set with rose cut marcasites. Balance cock, narrow table covered by steel end piece, plain short foot. Polished steel balance, polished steel regulator screwed to blued steel friction ring. Rectangular fusee iron post, scalped chamfers in centre of edges, riveted to plate, formed to edge of plate. Adjustable potance. Rectangular counter-potance riveted to plate. Case bolt with conical end, nib under dial. Pillar plate with three turned, slow taper, pillars, plate edge engraved. Centre wheel sink, third wheel bridge (bridge drilled in second positions), edge engraved. Dial side centrel recess, scratched 'TY'. Fusee and chain, barrel with only top lip, set-up click under dial. Verge escapement. Train planted clockwise.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, counter enamel marked '15./-.' Line minute circle, triangles at quarters and circles at 5 minutes. Vertical Arabic chapters, winding hole at 2 o'clock with polished steel bush, retained by red wax under dial.
HANDS: Pierced silver hour hand set with marcasites, minute hand inner half shaped and plain swelled outer half
CASE: Gold (?) consular with glazed back, bezel and body chased and with ring of silver set with marcasites around both glasses. Pendant with stamp of owl in oval. Stirrup bow.
CHATELAINE (A): Silver set with marcasites, clip gold stamped with owl in oval, as pendant. Maker's stamp inside clip, incuse 'PS' under thick line and crown. Chatelaine of open work silver set with marcasites, four drops of four links of silver figure of eight links set with marcasites, with steel safety hooks on end. Two side drops of two links of figure of eight links set with marcasites, safety hooks at ends.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Frank Gray Smart
Components of the work
Dial
composed of
enamel
( on copper)
copper
Case
composed of
gold
( possibly)
Diameter 43 mm
Height 47.5 mm
Thickness 24 mm
Fuse Post
composed of
iron
Decoration
composed of
marcasite
Chatelaine Clip
composed of
gold
Hands, Chatelaine
composed of
silver
Movement
composed of
steel
Case Bottom
composed of
glass
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 31.5 mm
Movement (plate)
Diameter 36.25 mm
Chatelaine
Diameter 48.5 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 5 mm
Chatelaine (to Hook)
Length 130 mm
Movement, Dial
Movement, Hour Hand
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 'TY'
- Location: Dial recess on movement
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Mark
- Text: '15./-.'
- Location: Dial
- Type: Number
- Text: Owl in oval
- Location: Chatelaine clip
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Import mark
- Text: 'PS' under thick line and crown.
- Location: Chatelaine
- Method of creation: Incuse
- Type: Maker's mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: M/P.68 & A-1913
Primary reference Number: 207235
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Thursday 3 December 2015
Updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
