Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Moore, Peter (watchmaker)
Case maker:
Watkins, John (case maker)
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Verge watch in silver pair case
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Pr Moore 9289 LONDON'. Balance cock with pierced and engraved table having a 'lace' edge, dragons head engraved on neck, foot pierced and engraved. Polished steel balance. Pierced and engraved slide plate, silver regulator dial with Arabic figures 1 to 6. Pierced fusee iron post. Potance with moulding at end of foot, screwed to back plate, counter-potance pivoted to back plate. Polished steel case bolt and spring with vertical pierced foot, nib through dial. Pillar plate with four square baluster pillars, under-dial stamped '9289'. Fusee and chain, barrel with one lip, tangent set-up under barrel. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Plain, three feet.
DIAL: White enamel on copper with three feet. Outer 5 minute marked with radial Arabic numbers, ladder minute ring, squat radial Roman chapters and thin inner circle.
HANDS: Blued steel beetle and poker.
INNER CASE: Silver, plain, HM London 1766, maker's incuse 'IW' and '9289' stamped inside.
OUTER CASE (A): Silver, plain, HM London, maker's incuse 'IW'.
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
( white, on copper)
copper
Movement
composed of
iron
Movement, Cases
composed of
silver
Movement, Hands
composed of
steel
Brass Edge
composed of
brass (alloy)
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 33.25 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 34.75 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 36.5 mm
Inner Case
Diameter 42 mm
Height 50 mm
Thickness 25.5 mm
Outer Case
Diameter 49.5 mm
Height 53.5 mm
Thickness 26.25 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 7 mm
Hands
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 'Pr Moore 9289 LONDON'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Location: Cases
- Type: Hallmark
- Text: maker's incuse 'IW'
- Location: Cases
- Type: Maker's mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: PW.27 & A-1923
Primary reference Number: 207296
No.: 9289
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 9 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
