D. Rutland, London

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and foliate engraved balance cock with an urn at the neck, flat three-arm balance, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, signed and numbered D. Rutland, London, 3965
• Dial: white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gold beetle and poker hands
• Cases: gilt-metal inner case, the back with winding aperture, case maker's mark J. J. in rectangular cameo possibly for James Jackson • outer case under-painted stained horn with scene depicting a huntsman in marshland holding up his trophy with his dog beside him, the bezel decorated en suite

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, 2009, p. 299, pl. 185

Movement will just run for short periods at time of cataloguing. Dial with circular scratch running beneath the numerals, most probably caused by the hour hand dragging on the dial. Some areas of wear to the gilding of the inner case, especially around the band where it has rubbed with the outer case. Outer case with a couple of splits to the horn by the thumb piece and again to the lower edge of the back, further splits to the bezel beneath the pendant, another small split to the bottom of the bezel.
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Watch cases fitted with under-painted horn became a popular genre and a wide range of decorative schemes and scenes can be found. The charming scene to this case depicts a huntsman in marshland holding a rabbit and with his dog beneath him. Hunting scenes are common, as are sailors with ships, sentries, forts and maidens waiting for the return of their loved ones. A description of the processes and techniques involved in working with horn in this manner can be found in: Cedric Jagger, The Artistry of the English Watch, 1988, pp. 102-105. 

Baillie records a D. Rutland active in London before 1783.