English silver verge made for the Chinese market Circa 1780
- Kenmerk
- SB0524
- Diameter
- 47 mm
- Estimate
- € 8.000 - 16.000
- Price sold
- € 32.200
Silver and paste set pocket watch made for the Chinese market by Timothy Williamson
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An English silver and paste set verge watch made for the Chinese market, circa 1780. Gilt full plate verge movement with applied pierced and engraved silver decoration signed Williamson, glazed balance bridge, steel three arm balance, ruby endstone. White enamel dial, Roman numerals and Arabic outer. Silver case pavé set with spiral design of red and clear pastes.
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An English silver and paste set verge watch made for the Chinese market, circa 1780. Gilt full plate verge movement with applied pierced and engraved silver decoration signed Williamson, glazed balance bridge, steel three arm balance, ruby endstone. White enamel dial, Roman numerals and Arabic outer. Silver case pavé set with spiral design of red and clear pastes.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: Williamson
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Timothy Williamson is recorded as a London watch and clockmaker active between 1769 and 1790. He specialized in the production of automata and decorative watches and clocks for the Chinese Market and is known to have made pieces for the Emperor Qianlong. For a listing of his work for China, see Catherine Pagani, Eastern Magnificence & European Ingenuity, Clocks of Late Imperial China.
Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: Williamson
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Timothy Williamson is recorded as a London watch and clockmaker active between 1769 and 1790. He specialized in the production of automata and decorative watches and clocks for the Chinese Market and is known to have made pieces for the Emperor Qianlong. For a listing of his work for China, see Catherine Pagani, Eastern Magnificence & European Ingenuity, Clocks of Late Imperial China.
Signed: Williamson
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