JOHN ELLICOTT | A GOLD PAIR CASED REPOUSSE QUARTER REPEATING WATCH, CIRCA 1750

JOHN ELLICOTT

A GOLD PAIR CASED REPOUSSE QUARTER REPEATING WATCH

CIRCA 1750

Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock with diamond endstone, flat steel balance, fusee and chain, hammers striking on a steel bell to the inside case-back, signed Jn. Ellicott, London No. 2177, cap signed Jn Ellicott

Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track,

Cases: gold pierced and engraved inner with aperture for winding, stirrup pendant and bow, the top of the pendant with decorative boss, with rubbed maker's mark, repousse case with scene depicting Hercules, surrounded by chased and pierced scroll work, stamped JB to the interior

Diameter 50mm