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Abraham de la Gard. A rare gilt and silver oval verge pocketwatch with sundial and compass
Signed Abraham de la Gard, Bloys, early 17th Century
The gilded oval gut fusee verge movement with Egyptian pillars, blued steel set-up, two armed steel balance with no hairspring, pierced and engraved cock and foot with floral motifs secured by a pin, the (later) oval dial plate with Roman numerals and Arabic 13 to 24 hour indication, single shaped steel hand, the centre field depicting village scene and with engraved foliate designs to the surround, in oval gilt case, the engraved silver band depicting fruits of the harvest, with pendant and turned finial, the front cover with wheatear engraving and engraved family crest with the initials JC, the back cover also with wheatear engraving and hinged dust cover to the winding hole, inside the back cover a compass and sundial with folding pierced and engraved gnomon secured by a pin, movement signed
57 x 44 mm.
