Pair-case Watch
Artist
Thomas Tompion and Edward Banger of London
(English, active 1671 - 1713)
Date1702-1730
MediumGold, enamel
Dimensions63.5 x 50.8 x 34.9 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Frederick T. Proctor Watch Collection
Terms
Object numberPC. 217
DescriptionGOLD VERGE WATCH AND LATER REPOUSE GOLD OUTER CASECASE: inner, plain gold, bezel hinged at 12, shutter to winding aperture pendant probably date from outer case.
Outer: repousse with scene of lady playing lute in garden adjacent wall and urn, as prerrot looks in, assymetric border of scrolls, shells and flowers.
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Label TextWatches and jewelry are frequently modernized to conform to current fashion. Here, to update a watch, the movement was mounted in a later case.
