Lot
264
A gold quarter repeating repousse pair cased verge pocket watch, George Tyler, London, No.5722, circa 1720, gold champleve dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minutes, signed in two central reserves Tyler, London, beetle and poker hands, signed and numbered gilt fusee movement with plunge repeat, signed and numbered gilt dust cover, bell scratch signed William Wyld, London, Tyler, inner case pierced and engraved with grotesque masks and foliate strapwork, pierced repousse outer case decorated with four classical busts and a central scene of a classical shepherdess, each case numbered, casemaker's initials IL, diameter 50mm.
Estimate
GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
A gold quarter repeating repousse pair cased verge pocket watch, George Tyler, London, No.5722, circa 1720, gold champleve dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minutes, signed in two central reserves Tyler, London, beetle and poker hands, signed and numbered gilt fusee movement with plunge repeat, signed and numbered gilt dust cover, bell scratch signed William Wyld, London, Tyler, inner case pierced and engraved with grotesque masks and foliate strapwork, pierced repousse outer case decorated with four classical busts and a central scene of a classical shepherdess, each case numbered, casemaker's initials IL, diameter 50mm.
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