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SINGED ARL. DOBSON, LONDON, NO. 863, CIRCA 1760
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Dobson. A very fine and rare 18K gold, mother-of-pearl and bloodstone-set repoussé pair case quarter repeating verge watch, made for the Chinese Market
Singed Arl. Dobson, London, No. 863, circa 1760
With gilt-finished verge movement, finely engraved and pierced scroll decorated cock and foot, the back plate with an applied engraved and pierced silver scroll decoration, chain fusée, turned pillars, quarter repeating on two polished steel hammers onto a bell, gilt dust cap, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, pierced gold hands, in finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated inner case, repeating through the pendant, the engraved, pierced and embossed foliage decorated outer case set with black onyx, mother-of-pearl and silver framed bloodstone panels, inner case stamped with casemaker's initials reading either CB or EB, the outer case with initials AG, dust cap signed and numbered
47 mm. overall diam.
Singed Arl. Dobson, London, No. 863, circa 1760
With gilt-finished verge movement, finely engraved and pierced scroll decorated cock and foot, the back plate with an applied engraved and pierced silver scroll decoration, chain fusée, turned pillars, quarter repeating on two polished steel hammers onto a bell, gilt dust cap, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, pierced gold hands, in finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated inner case, repeating through the pendant, the engraved, pierced and embossed foliage decorated outer case set with black onyx, mother-of-pearl and silver framed bloodstone panels, inner case stamped with casemaker's initials reading either CB or EB, the outer case with initials AG, dust cap signed and numbered
47 mm. overall diam.
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