English gilt paste set verge with moon phases Circa 1790
- Kenmerk
- FA0318
- Diameter
- 83 mm
- Estimate
- € 8.000 - 16.000
- Price sold
- € 8.500
Decorative verge made for the Chinese market by William Carpenter
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A very fine and rare English key-wind, gilt-brass stone-set coach clock watch with grande and petite sonnerie, moon phases and hand-engraving skeletonized pair cases, made for the Chinese market, circa 1790. Keywound verge movement, chain fusée, dust ring. White enamel dial with moon phases and small hour display with Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for minutes with Arabic numerals, centre seconds. Inner case, pierced and engraved, outer case with paste set bezel, engraved and decorated rims. Case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 83 mm
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Signed: Wm Carpenter London
Signed: Wm Carpenter London






















