English rare small silver single cased verge watch Circa 1740

Rare small silver single cased verge watch
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An English rare small silver single cased verge watch, circa 1740, gilded full plate movement, verge escapement, decoratively pierced balance cock engraved with foliage and a grotesque mask at the neck, similarly decorated broad foot, flat balance, fusee and chain, baluster pillars, signed John Hodges, London.
Silver champlevé dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands, central cartouches signed Hodges, London.
Plain silver case, the back with shuttered winding aperture, case maker’s mark EG with a star above for Edward Gibbons.
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Diameter: 38 mm
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Signed: John Hodges London
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This is an unusually small watch by John Hodges who was working in Clements Lane, close to Monument, in the City of London in 1729; nine years later he had moved over the other side of Lombard Street to Exchange Alley. The silver case was made by Edward Gibbons who registered his mark in 1736.