CONTINENTAL | A SILVER PAIR CASED REPOUSSE VERGE WATCH, CIRCA 1740

Property from an Important Italian Collection

CONTINENTAL

A SILVER PAIR CASED REPOUSSE VERGE WATCH

CIRCA 1740

Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance bridge, fusee and chain, bearing the signature Martineau, London

Dial: silver champlevé, Roman numerals, half hour divisions, Arabic outer, arcaded minute track, aperture for date at IV, bearing the signature Martineau

Case: silver, plain inner, outer repousse depicting a female figure being offered a ring and necklace, signed Mauris Fecit, inner case with marker's mark F.S surmounted by a crown

diameter 54mm