English decorative gold enamel verge pocket watch Circa 1800

Open faced pocket watch by Green & Ward
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An English decorative gold enamel verge pocket watch, circa 1800. The case is made of 18K gold and features a costly engine-turned and translucent cobalt blue enamel on the back lid. In the centre, a stylized flower design in translucent green and gold enamel is surrounded by a foliate border. The bezels and pendant are adorned with white, blue, and gold Champlevé enamel decorations. The dial is enamel and displays Arabic numerals and gold spade hands. The movement is a full plate, fire gilt, with applied floral decorations, signed, and features a chain/fusee mechanism. The solid movement pillars are keywind, with a three-arm steel balance and an engraved and pierced balance bridge.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 94 g
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Signed: Green & Ward
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The company Green & Ward was based in London at Ludgate Street 1. The company was active from about 1790 to 1829; the company was responsible for the production of the famous Wellington Shield or Waterloo Schield in 1822 after a design by Thomas Stothard (1755-1834 ). It was donated by the London Merchants and Bankers and cast in gilt silver. It is now in Apsley House, where Duke Wellington I was based from 1817. The company was owned by Thomas Abbot Green, John Ward, John Green and George Ward. When John Ward settled down in 1829, withdrew from the company and retired, the company was dissolved. It was continued as a new company in Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.