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 engraved 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 with an 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 in italics: Jn Bushman 3081 / LONDON. Circa...
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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 engraved 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 with an 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 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., A round metallic object with a dull silver finish is shown against a pale gray background; it has a circular loop at the top attached by a short stem, and the round body shows a small circular raised area and a few scuffs and scratches across its surface, with visible wear and slightly darker discoloration in places.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A09_441

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50.5Mo (503.4Ko) / 33.8cm x 37.4cm / 3993 x 4420 (300dpi)

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