Magnificent English gold hunting case pocket watch Circa 1840

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Magnificent English Circa pocket watch1840 with fantastic engravings on both sides: a hunting motif on the front with riders and hounds

Magnificent English pocket watch Circa 1840 with an enamel dial with filigree steel hands

Magnificent English pocket watch Circa 1840 with a signed and numbered dust cover

Magnificent English pocket watch Circa 1840 with a typical Liverpool lever movement, the so called "Detached Lever"

Magnificent English pocket watch Circa 1840 with fantastic engravings on both sides, probably Lake Geneva on the back

Kenmerk: HC0389
Diameter: 48 mm

Estimate: € 2.500 - 3.500
Price sold: € 1.100

Gold pocket watch with unusual case engraving
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A magnificent 18 Carat gold full hunting cased pocket watch with unusual case engraving, made by Robert Roskell in Liverpool, England, circa 1840. It has an extremely beautiful full hunter case with coin edge, fantastic engravings on both sides, probably Lake Geneva on the back and a hunting motif on the front with riders and hounds, probably a Geneva work, an enamel dial with filigree steel hands and a typical Liverpool lever movement, the so called “Detached Lever”.
Dust cover signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 45 mm
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Weight: 70 g
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Signed: Robert Roskell, Liverpool
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Robert Roskell Sr. is one of the most famous Liverpool retailers and manufacturers of high grade all English made pocket watch movements in Preston, Lancashire. Robert Roskell was traditionally associated with his partner Peter Litherland, who made the manufacturer famous for the quality of its verge escapements (rack lever escapement). Roskell Sr. often worked in close association with his own children and that of his brother John.

Signed: Robert Roskell, Liverpool