IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 207235 accession number: M/P.68 & A-1913 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 3 December 2015 updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. 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: Bequeathed by Frank Gray Smart STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207235 CATEGORIES ------ category: watches DATING ------ creation date: 1780 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown