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VINCEN MENIL. A LATE 17TH CENTURY SILVER QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKETWATCH
signed Vincen Menil, Amsterdam, 1690s
the frosted gilt fusee movement with pierced cock and foot to the edge of the top plate, pierced Egyptian pillars, repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, touch-piece in the band, the (later) white enamel dial with Roman numerals and arcaded minutes, gold decorative hands, the pierced silver cases profusely engraved with inhabited foliage, the inner with split bezel, the outer with square hinge and Dutch control mark, movement signed - 58mm. diam.
signed Vincen Menil, Amsterdam, 1690s
the frosted gilt fusee movement with pierced cock and foot to the edge of the top plate, pierced Egyptian pillars, repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, touch-piece in the band, the (later) white enamel dial with Roman numerals and arcaded minutes, gold decorative hands, the pierced silver cases profusely engraved with inhabited foliage, the inner with split bezel, the outer with square hinge and Dutch control mark, movement signed - 58mm. diam.