MONCRIEF. A FINE AND UNUSUAL GILT BRASS PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH WITH MOCK PENDULUM
Lot 52

MONCRIEF. A FINE AND UNUSUAL GILT BRASS PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH WITH MOCK PENDULUM

SIGNED JOHN MONCRIEF, LONDON, NO. 226, CIRCA 1700

Closed14 December 2010

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USD 9,375

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MONCRIEF. A FINE AND UNUSUAL GILT BRASS PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH WITH MOCK PENDULUM
SIGNED JOHN MONCRIEF, LONDON, NO. 226, CIRCA 1700
Gilt verge movement with finely engraved foliate decorated back plate, chain fusée, worm set-up underneath the dial plate, pierced Egyptian pillars, gilt dial chased and engraved with flower and foliage, small hour dial with blackened Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, beetle and poker hands, aperture for the regulator and glazed fan-shaped aperture revealing the mock pendulum and steel two-arm balance, plain inner case with split bezel and seven-piece hinge, plain outer case, dial and movement signed
56mm diam.

Specialist note

Brian Loomes' Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World lists a John Moncrief as active in London around 1700.