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Watch: PW.4-1923

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Erwin, Edw.

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Description

Verge watch in single gilt case

MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Edw*Erlin London'. Balance cock with pierced table having ears and a mask engraved at the neck, foot pierced with full border. Steel balance. Pierced dragon index slide plate, large silver regulator disc, with Arabic radial figures 10 to 60. Pierced fusee iron post. Case bolt with flat formed foot. Rectangular potance with short foot with moulding at end, riveted to plate. Rectangular counter-potance riveted to plate. Pillar plate with four square baluster pillars. Under dial engraved 'M' under minute wheel. Fusee and chain, tangent set-up, third and contrate wheels crossed out in three. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.

DIAL: Gold, 5 minutes numbered in cushions, ladder minute ring, radial Roman chapters, all raised above a matted ground. Matted dial centre with engraving around centre hole.

HANDS: Blued steel, beetle and poker

BRASS EDGE: Gilt brass, three feet, with wheat-ear engraved around edge of dial.

CASE: Single, gilt metal, covered in shagreen, winding hole covered with gilt metal disc. Gilt inside of case with scratches '55/-', 'S844=', '144' and '4R64'

Notes

History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1740

Note

The inner case of the watch may have been made by either William Cooper of Lamb Court, Clerkenwell Green, or William Ginn who was free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1700. The movement was not by Thomas Tompion although his name is engraved on it.

Components of the work

Movement composed of iron steel
Brass Edge, Case composed of gilt
Case composed of shagreen Diameter 46.5 mm Height 48.5 mm Thickness 29 mm Width 47.5 mm
Dial composed of gold
Movement (back Plate) Diameter 34.75 mm
Movement (pillar Plate) Diameter 35.25 mm
Movement (brass Edge) Diameter 37.5 mm
Movment (pillar) Height 7.5 mm
Hands

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: '55/-', 'S844=', '144' and '4R64'
  • Location: Scratched
  • Method of creation: Inside case
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PW.4-1923
Primary reference Number: 207273
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 8 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

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