Caption

Pocket watch by John Bushman 1692–1720, 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 is a rotating silver-plated dial with a scale I–VI. Engraved on the plate: Jn Bushman 3081 / LONDON. Dated c. 1700, London, England. Timepiece; height 6.5 cm, width 6 cm, dial diameter 4.5 cm, weight 125 g., A silver oval pendant shown in profile against a pale gray background, with a rounded glass dome on one side and a metal loop at the top; the metal surface is smooth with a few engraved linear ridges along the edge and decorative engraving around a small circular opening, and the visible colors are silver, clear glass, and pale gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_451

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Keywords

Pocket watch John Bushman 1692–1720 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 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 Jn Bushman 3081 Dated c 1700 England Timepiece height 6.5 cm width 6 cm dial diameter 4.5 cm weight 125 g oval pendant shown profile pale gray background rounded glass dome side metal loop top metal surface smooth engraved linear ridges edge decorative engraving small circular opening visible colors clear glass pale gray.