$1,185
18kt Gold Pair-Cased Rack Lever Watch by Litherland & Company, Liverpool, serial #3038, 1803, bell-shaped balance cock, engraved with grotesque mask on the table, serpentine foot inscribed Patent , three wheel train with flat steel balance, the fusee with maintaining power and two-way slides, white enameled dial with black Roman chapters and gilt spade hands with 15-seconds subsidiary dial, 18kt gold case stamped TH (Thomas Helsby) and bearing the Chester hallmark for 1803, overall dia. 54 mm. No hairlines on dial but surface scatches, no signifcant repairs, replacements or restoration.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01