A SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH
Carte, London, No.1053, circa 1700.
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A SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH Carte, London, No.1053, circa 1700.

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A SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH
Carte, London, No.1053, circa 1700.
silver champleve dial signed Carte within a cartouche supported by a lion and unicorn, Roman numerals and outer Arabic five minutes, signed and numbered gilt fusee movement with pierced and divided fancy vase pillars, winged balance cock, plain pair cases, the outer with square hinge, diameter 55mm.
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John Carte, a watchmaker from Coventry, lived at the Dial and Crown near Essex St. in the strand and then the corner of Lombard St. When Peter the Great was in England he sold him a great geographical clock.

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