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JOSEPH WINDMILLS, LONDON, NO.183. CIRCA 1690
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A William & Mary silver and turtleshell piqué paircased sun-and-moon verge pocket watch
Joseph Windmills, London, No.183. Circa 1690
The silver champlevé dial signed Windmills London on an elaborate foliate engraved cartouche beneath a demi-lune aperture displaying a rotating disc of blued steel with gilt sun, polished steel moon and stars, the sun and moon pointing to a sector of Roman chapters with an outer ring of Arabic chapters giving the minutes indicated by a blued steel poker hand, the movement with gilt-brass plates with pierced Egyptian pillars, the top plate signed J Windmills London with foliate pierced and engraved balance cock and numbered 183 beneath, silver regulation disc, three-arm steel balance to verge escapement, chain fusee and spring barrel, the inner case with split bezel, shuttered winding hole, maker's mark JJ for Johnanthan Jones, and punch-numbered 183, the outer turtleshell-veneered silver case further decorated with silver piqué in geometric patterns and with squared silver hinge and further punch-numbered 183 to the rim by the pendant
52mm. diameter case
Joseph Windmills, London, No.183. Circa 1690
The silver champlevé dial signed Windmills London on an elaborate foliate engraved cartouche beneath a demi-lune aperture displaying a rotating disc of blued steel with gilt sun, polished steel moon and stars, the sun and moon pointing to a sector of Roman chapters with an outer ring of Arabic chapters giving the minutes indicated by a blued steel poker hand, the movement with gilt-brass plates with pierced Egyptian pillars, the top plate signed J Windmills London with foliate pierced and engraved balance cock and numbered 183 beneath, silver regulation disc, three-arm steel balance to verge escapement, chain fusee and spring barrel, the inner case with split bezel, shuttered winding hole, maker's mark JJ for Johnanthan Jones, and punch-numbered 183, the outer turtleshell-veneered silver case further decorated with silver piqué in geometric patterns and with squared silver hinge and further punch-numbered 183 to the rim by the pendant
52mm. diameter case
Literature
ILLUSTRATED; Neale, J. A., Joseph & Thomas Windmills, Clock and Watch Makers, 1671-1737, pp. 91 & 92, figs. 3.27 & 3.32
Special notice
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