THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
JNO. JONES, LONDON NO.3090. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GOLD REPOUSSEE CALENDAR VERGE POCKETWATCH
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JNO. JONES, LONDON NO.3090. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GOLD REPOUSSEE CALENDAR VERGE POCKETWATCH
The outer roccoco case depicting Jason about to take the Golden Fleece from the tree at the base of which is a sleeping serpent, in attendance are the cloud-borne deities, Minerva, Fortuna and Venus accompanied by a cupid, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five-minutes divisions, date aperture above the six, finely chased and facetted, blue steel beatle and poker hands, signed frosted gilt fusee movement with pierced and engraved cock, ruby endstone and square baluster pillars, with associated gilt metal chatelain containing two thimble holders, a scissor's holder and a ceiling wax holder (6)
50mm.diam.
The outer roccoco case depicting Jason about to take the Golden Fleece from the tree at the base of which is a sleeping serpent, in attendance are the cloud-borne deities, Minerva, Fortuna and Venus accompanied by a cupid, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five-minutes divisions, date aperture above the six, finely chased and facetted, blue steel beatle and poker hands, signed frosted gilt fusee movement with pierced and engraved cock, ruby endstone and square baluster pillars, with associated gilt metal chatelain containing two thimble holders, a scissor's holder and a ceiling wax holder (6)
50mm.diam.