Gold English pair cased verge with repousse scene Circa 1771

Gold pair cased verge watch
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A fine gold English pair cased verge watch with repousse scene, circa 1771, gilded full plate movement, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock with foliate scrolls inhabited by a bird, regulation indicated by an engraved hand pointing at the numbered regulation plate, diamond endstone, fusee and chain, square baluster pillars, movement signed John Raymond, London.
White enamel dial, Roman numerals, Arabic outer minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands.
Plain gold inner case, winding aperture to rear, with maker’s mark IW incuse possibly for either John Watkins or John Wright, outer case with repoussé scene depicting Hades, his wife Persephone, the three-headed hound Cerberus, Orpheus and his lover Eurydice within an asymmetric cartouche surrounded by scrollwork and flowers and foliage against a stippled ground, bezel with scrollwork against a stippled ground
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: John Raymond London
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John Raymond working was in Change Alley in 1762-84. The repoussé scene to the present watch is wonderfully detailed and retains excellent definition.