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ELLICOTT. A GOLD REPOUSSE PAIR-CASED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH
signed Jno. Ellicott, London, circa 1740
with gilt full-plate movement, fusee with chain, verge escapement, the English cock with pierced table and engraved solid foot repeating on a bell, later purpose-built matted gold dial with Roman numerals, inner case pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, a grotesque mask, outer pierced and embossed with scroll work enclosing a mythological scene, dust cap and movement signed - 50 mm diam.
signed Jno. Ellicott, London, circa 1740
with gilt full-plate movement, fusee with chain, verge escapement, the English cock with pierced table and engraved solid foot repeating on a bell, later purpose-built matted gold dial with Roman numerals, inner case pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, a grotesque mask, outer pierced and embossed with scroll work enclosing a mythological scene, dust cap and movement signed - 50 mm diam.