Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
A rare and small silver puritan watch Circa 1635
Auction Closed
May 14, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Raphe Ashe, London
A rare and small silver puritan watch
Circa 1635
• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain flat two-arm balance, pinned- on irregular balance cock with long foot decoratively pierced and engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, blued steel wheel and click set-up, decorative border to edge of backplate, fusee and gut line, vase-shaped pillars, signed Raphe Ashe, London
• Dial: plain silver dial, gilded chapter ring with Roman numerals and half-hour divisions, single blued steel hand with tulip-form tip
• Case: plain silver case with shuttered winding aperture to back, gilded ring to inside lid for glass retention secured with three screws, plain ring pendant, short turned terminal
length including pendant and terminal 50mm (39mm without), width 32.5mm