Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Vulliamy, Justin
Case maker:
Hill, Thomas (watchmaker)
Entities
Categories
Description
Cylinder watch in plain silver gilt inner case only
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Justin Vulliamy LONDON ss.' Balance cock with ears next to neck. Symmetrically pierced and engraved table, mask on neck, foot pierced and engraved. Blued steel end piece, diamond end stone. Polished steel balance. Slide plate pierced, dragon indicator, engraved silver regulation disc with radial Arabic figures 5 to 30. Pierced fusee iron post (left hand end missing). Blued steel case bolt with pierced wings, sliding in pillar plate, nib at side. Plain potance with foot having moulding at end, screwed to plate. Pillar plate with four square section baluster pillars, third wheel bridge. The joint is a replacement, and does not fit the marks on the plate. Fusee and chain with tangent set-up under barrel, barrel with one lip. Cylinder escapement, brass wheel and steel cylinder. Train planted clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Brass, gilt, three feet.
DIAL: White enamel on copper with three feet, radial Arabic 5 minute figures. Ladder minute ring. Dots each side of 5 minute lines. Radial Roman chapters, circle.
HANDS: Gold, heart shaped ends.
INNER CASE: Silver, gilt, plain. H.M London 1795 with Duty Mark, maker's mark 'TH' in rectangular cameo with cut corners. Bezel plain gold. Cylindrical pendant with one step, flat oval top with wide stirrup bow.
Notes
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Legal notes
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Components of the work
Dial
composed of
enamel
( on copper)
copper
Inner Case
composed of
silver gilt
Brass Edge
composed of
gilt
Hands, Bezel
composed of
gold
Movement
composed of
steel
Movement, Brass Edge
composed of
brass (alloy)
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 33.75 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 34.75 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 36.5 mm
Case
Diameter 41.5 mm
Height 58.5 mm
Thickness 23.5 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 6.5 mm
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: letters obliterated by file marks
- Text: 'Sil**r'
- Location: Plate side of brass edge
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: PW.7-1923
Primary reference Number: 207276
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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
