Pair-case Watch
Artist
Peter Brebant
(London, England; active 1690 - 1710)
Datec. 1700
MediumSilver gilt
Dimensions82.6 x 63.5 x 33.8 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Frederick T. Proctor Watch Collection
Terms
Object numberPC. 169
DescriptionSilver gilt pair case quarter repeating verge watchEnglish
CASE: band of each case pierced and engraved with scrolling foilage inhabited by birds, outer case with oval panels and masks at the quarters
mvt: gilt, egyptian pillars, pierced cock, foot and backplate furniture engraved with leafy scrolls, silvered regulation disc, repeating on bell by depressing pendant
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Label TextThe dial on this watch has two hands, a feature introduced toward the end of the seventeenth century and standard by 1700.
