19,550 CHF
Markwick Markham, Borrel, London, No. 22953, made for the Islamic Market, with the London hallmarks for 1802.Fine 18K gold and enamel triple cased quarter repeating watch. Outer double body, glazed, with scalloped edge, the bezels with champlevé enamel decoration. Double body second, marked "I. M.", with scalloped edge, bezels with champlevé floral decoration, the back with a finely painted seaside landscape, a small village on the left, a vessel on the foreground. Inner double body, bassine polished, the band pierced and engraved with foliage, champlevé enamelled florets and military trophies, the back painted with a composition of summer flowers over a red flnqué enamelled ground. Notes James Markwick & Markwick Markham. Of the two London makers James Markwick, father and son, the elder was apprenticed on 25 June 1656 to Richard Taylor being subsequently turned over to to Edward Gilpin. He became free of the Clockmaker's Company on 6 August 1666 Six apprentices were bound to him between 1674 and 1699. In 1673 he succeeded to Samuel Betts behind the Royal Exchange. Although he held office in the Clockmaker's Company, he was irregular in attendance, ceasing to pay any attention tits affairs after 1700. He worked until at least 1704 or 1706.His son, James Marckwick jr, became free of the Company in 1692 by patrimony, and died in 1730. The younger James Markwick was an eminent maker, Master of the Clockmaker's Company in 1720 and a very early user of jewelled bearing
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23
