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THOMAS TOMPION PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold
$8,500
Live Auction
Fall Estates Auction | November 2023
Category
Description
No. 2674 [circa 1695], gilded full plate, verge escapement movement, balance cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, silvered regulation, fusee and chain, signed 'Tho Thompion London 2674', silver champleve dial with Roman numerals with half hour divisions, outer Arabic minute ring, steel tulip and poker hands, gilded outer ring, cartouches to the dial center with putti holding garlands, signed 'Tompion London', plain silver outer and inner cases both with silver hallmarks 'WA', inner case with rotating shuttered winding aperture and numbered 2674, with star-shaped graduated key
overall: 2-3/4 x 2-1/4 in. (outer case)
Condition
Watch winds and appears to work, outer case with light dents, old repair, missing button for latch, crystal with inherent bubble
Provenance
Descended through the family of a distinguished collector, South Salem, NY