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SIGNED C. CABRIER, LONDON, NO. 5293, STAMPED WITH LONDON HALLMARKS FOR 1749-50
Details
Cabrier. A very fine and rare 18K gold pair case repousse watch, repousse signed Wieland
Signed C. Cabrier, London, No. 5293, stamped with London hallmarks for 1749-50
With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, finely engraved and pierced scroll decorated balance cock and foot, plain three arm brass balance, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, plain inner case, the outer case with finely chased, pierced and embossed scroll and foliage decorated bezel, an engraved snake around the thumbpiece, the reverse centred by a chased and embossed classical scene in high relief depicting Alexander and Roxana, signed Wieland, inner case stamped with casemaker's initials WR, London hallmarks for 1749-50 and numbered 5293, outer case signed Wieland, dial and movement signed Cabrier
49 mm. diam.
Signed C. Cabrier, London, No. 5293, stamped with London hallmarks for 1749-50
With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, finely engraved and pierced scroll decorated balance cock and foot, plain three arm brass balance, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, plain inner case, the outer case with finely chased, pierced and embossed scroll and foliage decorated bezel, an engraved snake around the thumbpiece, the reverse centred by a chased and embossed classical scene in high relief depicting Alexander and Roxana, signed Wieland, inner case stamped with casemaker's initials WR, London hallmarks for 1749-50 and numbered 5293, outer case signed Wieland, dial and movement signed Cabrier
49 mm. diam.
Literature
Prominently described and illustrated in The Art of the Gold Chaser in 18th Century London by Richard Edgcumbe, p. 150 and Fig. 136 a & b.