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Pocket watch by John Bushman 1692–1720. Silver pocket watch in three cases: outer case covered with leather, rim decorated with studded silver rosettes; middle and inner cases plain. Underside of inner case engraved with casemaker's initial H and 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 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 is a rotating silver-plated dial with scale I–VI. Engraved on the plate in italics: Jn Bushman 3081 / LONDON. Circa 1700, London, England. Timepiece; height 6.5 cm, width 6 cm, dial diameter 4.5 cm; weight 125 g., The image shows an open round object with two circular halves joined by a hinge, one half revealing a clear circular surface and the other half covered in a textured dark material. The visible colors are dark brown, black, silver, and pale off-white, with small metallic accents and a lighter ring around the clear surface. The textured half has a slightly mottled appearance and a small circular metallic piece near its center, while the clear half is smooth and reflective; the hinge and rim show metallic silver details and a few small decorative studs.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

Pocket watch John Bushman 1692–1720 Silver pocket watch three cases outer case covered leather rim decorated studded silver rosettes middle inner cases plain Underside inner case engraved 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 Bushman 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 Circa 1700 England Timepiece height 6.5 cm width 6 cm dial diameter 4.5 cm weight 125 g image open round object two circular halves joined hinge half revealing clear circular surface half covered textured dark material visible colors dark brown black silver pale off-white small metallic accents lighter ring clear surface textured half slightly mottled appearance small circular metallic piece near center clear half smooth reflective rim metallic silver details small decorative studs.