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A William & Mary silver mounted ebony quarter repeating table timepiece, Samuel Watson, Coventry or London, circa 1690

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

6-inch dial with winged cherub spandrels, matted centre, single fusee movement with six knopped and ringed pillars, verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on two bells, the backplate finely engraved with tulips and scrolls and signed Samuel Watson, the case with a finely cast silver basket top pierced with foliate scrolls and with fleur-de-lys and arms, silver escutcheons and bun feet


Height 13in.; Haut. 33cm

The arms are of the Birch family of Birch Hall, Rusholme, Lancashire.