English silver mock pendulum, enamel portrait Circa 1695

Silver mock pendulum verge
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An English mock pendulum verge with silver champleve dial in a silver consular case bearing an enamel portrait, circa 1695. Full plate fire gilt movement with tulip pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel set-up between the plates. Mock pendulum cock with glazed semi-circular aperture to reveal a blue steel bob on one arm of the balance.
Pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc which has an engraved raised border enclosing the balance. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt tulip and poker hands. Silver consular case, stirrup bow. The backside with a polychrome enamel portrait of a lady.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Humph Marsh Highworth