French gold and enamel verge with chatelaine Circa 1790
- Kenmerk
- SB0315
- Diameter
- 44 mm
- Estimate
- € 4.500 - 9.000
- Price sold
- € 4.700
Open faced verge watch by Gregson
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A French gold and enamel open faced pocket watch with chatelaine, circa 1790. Gilt verge movement. Gilt engraved cuvette. White enamel dial. Case with translucent light blue enamel on a fine guilloché background, enamel cartouche to the centre depicting the coat of arms of Courteney and the Devon family, both bezels with dark blue translucent enamel and gilt paillons. Cuvette signed and numbered, dial signed. Associated pearl set chatelaine with white and blue enamel links.
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Diameter: 43.5 mm
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Thickness: 14 mm
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Signed: Gregson Hor. du Roy – Gregson Paris
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Thickness: 14 mm
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Signed: Gregson Hor. du Roy – Gregson Paris
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This present watch represents the marriage between two of the oldest families in England. The arms are those of Lady Charlotte Courteney, daughter of William 8th Earl of Devon, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack. These arms are intertwined with those of her husband Thomas Giffard 23rd of Chillington married on the 23rd June 1788.
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Burke, Landed Gentry of Great Britain. 1939, p. 880 and 881. Burke, Peerage and Baronetage, 1919, p. 616.
This present watch represents the marriage between two of the oldest families in England. The arms are those of Lady Charlotte Courteney, daughter of William 8th Earl of Devon, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack. These arms are intertwined with those of her husband Thomas Giffard 23rd of Chillington married on the 23rd June 1788.
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Burke, Landed Gentry of Great Britain. 1939, p. 880 and 881. Burke, Peerage and Baronetage, 1919, p. 616.
Signed: Gregson Hor. du Roy – Gregson Paris
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