Silver English verge with Portrait of Queen Anne Circa 1695

Rare silver verge with a portrait of Queen Anne
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An English verge pocket watch, silver champleve dial with blue steel regulator disc in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel set-up between the plates. Large pierced and engraved bridge cock depicting drums and flags. The finely chased and engraved parcel-gilt silver cartouche at its centre bears a portrait of the future Queen Anne. Winding through the cock and four arm plain steel balance. Pierced and engraved plate retaining the regulator slide which is adjusted by the gilt and blue steel disc set below the numeral “XII” on the dial.  The two are connected by a shaft running through the hollow barrel arbour. Pierced and engraved plate retaining the regulator slide which is adjusted by the gilt and blue steel disc. Signed silver champleve dial. Roman and Arabic numerals, fine blue steel beetle and poker hands. Split bezel silver pendant and bow square hinge to the outer case. Maker’s mark IB.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: David Lestourgeon London
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David Lestourgeon, London 1681, free of the clockmaker’s Company 1698 – 1731, a fine maker. His father, also David, was a Huguenot who moved from Rouen to London in 1680. Several watches knew a number of which have royal connections. Two interesting examples with mock pendulum dials by Lestourgeon are in the Museum of London and the British Museum. Casemaker, John Banbury, his mark appearing on the 1682 plate, also worked for Knibb, Tompion and Massy.