Lot 12
Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusee, pierced and engraved scroll decorated balance cock, worm and wheel set-up regulator, tulip pillars, white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, inner minute divisions, black steel hands. Plain inner silver case, the outer case of red tortoiseshell with intricate pique work in silver. The movement signed 'Cornelius Harbart, London Bridge'.
Circa 1670.
Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
The tortoiseshell outer case has minor cracking, some losses of silver pique work, three discs appear to be replacements by the thumb piece. The white enamel dial with two chips and two cracks. There is a repair to the inside of the watch case.
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
Gerald Marsh, Winchester, 1984
The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8367
6:00pm - 30 June 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Friday 26th – Monday 29th June, 10am-4pm
CONTACT
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sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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