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Pocket watch, Bushman, John 1692–1720 watchmaker. Silver pocket watch in three cases. Outer case covered with leather, decorated on the rim with studded silver rosettes; middle and inner cases plain; on the underside of the inner case the casemaker's initial H and the number 3081; transparent lid. Silver champlevé dial with Roman numeral hour markers and Arabic minute markers in oval reserves on a matte background; central circular reserve with the watchmaker's signature in two semicircular plates reading BUSHMAN and LONDON; date window at the bottom. Steel hands, openwork hour hand. Movement with a plate skeleton, spring drive, worm gear, and Gall chain. Spindle escapement. Gilded lower plate with an openwork English-style bun in the form of a wreath filled with acanthus tendrils and an openwork grid, connected by a mascaron mask with an openwork bun foot. Hair adjustment in the form of a rotating silver-plated dial with a scale of I–VI. Engraved on the plate is the watchmaker's signature in italics: Jn Bushman 3081 / LONDON. c. 1700, London, England, timepiece; height 6.5 cm, width 6 cm, diameter 4.5 cm dial, weight 125 g., A round metallic pocket watch with its cover open, showing a circular face with ornate hands and a central decorative area, all in shades of silver and gray; the outer case and cover are also silver with some darker tarnished areas; the watch ring at the top is silver; the background is a very light pale gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_439

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Keywords

Pocket watch Bushman John 1692–1720 watchmaker Silver pocket watch three cases Outer case covered leather decorated rim studded silver rosettes middle inner cases plain underside inner case casemaker's initial H number 3081 transparent lid Silver champlevé dial Roman numeral hour markers Arabic minute markers oval reserves matte background central circular reserve watchmaker's signature two semicircular plates reading London date window bottom Steel hands openwork hour hand Movement plate skeleton spring drive worm gear Gall chain Spindle escapement Gilded lower plate openwork English-style bun form wreath filled acanthus tendrils openwork grid connected mascaron mask openwork bun foot Hair adjustment rotating silver-plated dial scale I–Vi Engraved plate italics Jn Bushman 3081 c 1700 England timepiece height 6.5 cm width 6 cm diameter 4.5 cm dial weight 125 g round metallic pocket watch cover open showing circular face ornate hands central decorative area shades gray outer case cover also silver darker tarnished areas watch ring top background light pale gray.