English gold and enamel verge with chatelaine Circa 1784
- Kenmerk
- SA1228
- Diameter
- 42 mm
- Estimate
- € 8.000 - 16.000
- Price sold
- € 11.600
Gold enamel verge watch with chatelaine
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A yellow gold English enamel verge watch with chatelaine, circa 1784, gilt full plate verge movement signed Wm. Hughes, London, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond end-stone.
White enamel dial, Arabic outer.
Case back centred with an oval miniature painted en grisaille, with green enamel band and blue enamel surround, matching chatelaine with enamel panels painted en grisaille.
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Diameter: 42 mm Length of chatelaine 112 mm
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Signed: William Hughes London
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William Hughes, recorded from 1766, was made an honorary freeman of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1781.
He concentrated on export markets, particularly those in the Far East.
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A yellow gold English enamel verge watch with chatelaine, circa 1784, gilt full plate verge movement signed Wm. Hughes, London, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond end-stone.
White enamel dial, Arabic outer.
Case back centred with an oval miniature painted en grisaille, with green enamel band and blue enamel surround, matching chatelaine with enamel panels painted en grisaille.
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Diameter: 42 mm Length of chatelaine 112 mm
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Signed: William Hughes London
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William Hughes, recorded from 1766, was made an honorary freeman of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1781.
He concentrated on export markets, particularly those in the Far East.
Signed: William Hughes London
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