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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 the inner case stamped with 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 on 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 via a rotating silver-plated dial with a scale I–VI. Engraved on the plate in italics: Jn Bushman 3081 / LONDON. Dated c. 1700, made in London, England. Timepiece; height 6.5 cm, width 6 cm, dial diameter 4.5 cm; weight 125 g., A round, shallow object floating against a light grey background, with a domed transparent top and a dark textured lower body. The item shows metallic rims and bands in silver and muted brass tones separating the top from the bottom. The dark lower surface appears black with a slightly rough, pebbled texture and a few small circular decorative motifs in a lighter color. The transparent dome has a slight sheen and reveals a small central element beneath it. Overall colors visible are black, silver, brass-like gold, transparent/clear, and light grey from the background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_455

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50.5Mb (709.0Kb) / 13.3in x 14.7in / 3993 x 4420 (300dpi)

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 stamped 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 via rotating silver-plated dial scale I–VI Engraved plate italics Jn Bushman 3081 Dated c 1700 England Timepiece height 6.5 cm width 6 cm dial diameter 4.5 cm weight 125 g round shallow object floating light grey background domed transparent top dark textured lower body item metallic rims bands silver muted brass tones separating top dark lower surface black slightly rough pebbled texture small circular decorative motifs lighter color transparent dome slight sheen reveals small central element beneath colors visible brass- gold transparent clear light grey background.