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John Hodges, London
A RARE SMALL SILVER SINGLE CASED VERGE WATCH CIRCA 1740, NO. 1022
• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced balance cock engraved with foliage and a grotesque mask at the neck, similarly decorated broad foot, flat balance, fusee and chain, baluster pillars, signed John Hodges, London, 1022
• Dial: silver champlevé, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands, central cartouches signed and numbered Hodges, London
• Case: plain silver, the back with shuttered winding aperture, case maker's mark EG with star above for Edward Gibbons
width 38mm
Estimate
5,000
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8,000
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