47,500 HKD
Eardley Norton, London. Made circa 1800. Fine, silver, pair-cased, quarter repeating pocket watch with tortoiseshell outer. Double body outer, Inner pierced double body, hinged, the bezel and outer reverse pierced and engraved with foliage decoration. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring. Gold poker and beetle hands. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass English cock with ruby endstone. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Gilt-brass dust-cap. Signed on the dial, back plate and dust-cap. Diam. 78 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-02-26