David Lestourgeon, London

David Lestourgeon, London

A Silver Pair Cased Eight-Day Verge Watch With Six Hour Dial And Tortoiseshell Outer Case,

Circa 1700

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced balance cock engraved with scrolling foliage and an urn to the centre, silver regulation disc, crested Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, signed David Lestourgeon, London

• Dial: silver champlevé, Roman numerals for hours 1 to 6 each additionally calibrated with Arabic numerals to their centres for hours 7 to 12, outer ring with Arabic numerals 1-12, aperture for date with blued steel surround, dial centre with stippled ground and with chased and engraved scrolling banners, blued steel hands, signed Letvrgeon [sic] London

• Case: plain silver inner, shuttered winding aperture to back, later stirrup-form pendant and bow • outer protective case with tortoiseshell covering, back and bezel secured with silver pins, case maker's mark JH possibly John Harbert or John Higgs

diameter of outer case 56mm, inner 47mm