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G. Burgis, London
A VERY RARE GOLD MINIATURE PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH 1730, NO. 2079
• Movement: gilded full-plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved masked balance cock, similarly pierced and decorated foot, plain flat balance, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, signed and numbered G. Burgis, London, 2079
• Dial: gold champlevé, Roman numerals with half hour divisions between, outer Arabic minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands
• Cases: plain gold inner, the back with winding aperture, maker's mark WI incuse for William Jaques junior • plain gold outer, both cases hallmarked London 1730
width of outer case 28.5 mm, diameter of inner case 24 mm
Estimate
7,000
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9,000
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