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**A LARGE SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL TRIPLE CASED VERGE WATCH, BY PRIOR
With gilt-finished full plate movement with verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock, white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, beetle and poker hands, plain polished silver inner case and middle case, both stamped with London hallmarks for 1767, outer silvered case with tortoiseshell covering and studded rim, with cracks and losses, dial and movement signed
Signed Tho. Prior, London, no. 3752, made for the Turkish market, circa 1767
With gilt-finished full plate movement with verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock, white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, beetle and poker hands, plain polished silver inner case and middle case, both stamped with London hallmarks for 1767, outer silvered case with tortoiseshell covering and studded rim, with cracks and losses, dial and movement signed
Signed Tho. Prior, London, no. 3752, made for the Turkish market, circa 1767
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