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A cast and chased silver pair cased verge calendar pocket watch with outer fishskin covered case, John Wilter, London, mid-18th Century,
silver champleve dial signed Wilter, London, on a pierced foliate silvered centre on a gilt background, calendar aperture, Dutch style chapter ring with Roman numerals and outer Arabic five minutes, arcaded minute ring, gilt fusee movement signed Jonh Wilter, London, with square baluster pillars, pierced and chased continental style balance cock, plain inner case numbered 2204, casemaker's mark TDL beneath a crown, cast and chased second case decorated with a scene from classical mythology within a scrollwork border, outer fishskin covered case with pique decoration, 57mm.
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silver champleve dial signed Wilter, London, on a pierced foliate silvered centre on a gilt background, calendar aperture, Dutch style chapter ring with Roman numerals and outer Arabic five minutes, arcaded minute ring, gilt fusee movement signed Jonh Wilter, London, with square baluster pillars, pierced and chased continental style balance cock, plain inner case numbered 2204, casemaker's mark TDL beneath a crown, cast and chased second case decorated with a scene from classical mythology within a scrollwork border, outer fishskin covered case with pique decoration, 57mm.
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