Quarter-repeating Watch
Artist
Benedict Eberl
(Austrian, active 1750s)
Date18th-mid 19th Century
MediumSilver gilt, gilt metal, enamel
Dimensions46 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Thomas R. Proctor Watch Collection
Terms
Object numberPC. 310
DescriptionCase: band enamelled with red, blue and green scrolls, pierced lattice surrounded by scrolls supports bell.Mvt: gilt, square baluster pillars, pierced cock and solid furniture chased with leafy scrolls, endstone set in polished steel chaton, repeating with two hammers on bell by depressing pendant.
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18th Century