English gold enamel watch with matching chatelaine Circa 1774

Attractive pair-cased pocket watch by John Anderton
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An attractive, English pair-cased gold enamel pocket watch with matching chatelaine Token of love, circa 1774.
Two cases: – gold, à goutte, outer case, translucent cobalt blue enamelled champlevé flowers and loops, an oval enamel medallion with an altar of love to the centre surrounded by an engine-turned and translucent cobalt blue enamelled ground, case maker’s punch mark LW, large lateral hinge; – and a gold polished inner case with case maker’s punch mark LW, and signed and numbered movement protection cap. Matching chatelaine, length 230 mm. Enamel dial with radial Roman hours and Poker & Beetle hands. Fine full plate movement, keywind, applied floral decorations, fire gilt, signed, chain/fusee, square baluster pillars, three-arm steel balance, cylinder escapement, fine florally engraved, pierced balance cock with mythological birds and mascaron, and a chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Weight: 107 g
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Signed: John Anderton, London
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John Anderton, English watchmaker
John Anderton III resided at Lincoln’s Inn in London. He was the son of John Anderton II (before 1719-after 1767) and a grandchild of John Anderton I (before 1703-after 1764). He was born on April 14, 1755, and was the brother of Elizabeth Maria Anderton (1759-?), Thomas Anderton (1761-?), Franciscus Anderton (1763-?), Susan Mary Anderton (1764-?), Anthony Anderton (1766-?) And Eustace Anderton (1767-?).
Grandfather John Anderton I, “Clockmaker of Lincoln’s Inn” hosts a number of priests and had a Roman Catholic chapel in his home. He was possibly trained as a watchmaker in 1716 with Thomas Walford and later with Thomas Barlow and John Hitchcock. Lincoln’s Inn is located in the London Borough of Camden (formerly the Borough of Holborn), on the border with the City of London. They do not have their own legal status.
With the watch shown, it is not entirely clear whether it was made by John Anderton II or his son.