Archive of Sold Items

An early 18^th Century English verge in gold repousse pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement, Egyptian pillars with pierced galleries above.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Later white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands.  Plain 22 carat inner case, maker's mark “SI.IL”, gold pendant and bow.  Fine 22 carat gold repousse outer case in high relief chased and engraved with a scene depicting Erysichthon of Thessaly selling his daughter Mestra.

A fine and rare 18^th Century English verge with automated scene in a gold consular case.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with gilt dust ring.  Turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.   The winged cock and regulator plate left plain, being neither pierced or engraved.  Plain gilt balance.  A central stalk supports the scene and carries a wheel which is driven by another mounted on the contrate wheel arbor.  Fine white enamel dial with apertures for winding and regulation of the watch.  Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Plain gold consular case, maker’s mark “IB”.  A glazed aperture on the back reveals a gold chased and engraved repousse scene depicting Eve offering Adam the apple in the Garden of Eden.  A snake circles the scene as the watch runs, its support hidden under the pierced and engraved border of the dust cover.