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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 with 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 via 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., An open round metal container with a hinged lid, shown from above; the interior of the right side appears tarnished brass with brown and dark greenish-brown patina and a few small darker spots, while the rim and hinge areas show worn silver-colored metal with areas of darker tarnish; the left side is an empty circular frame with similar silver-colored metal and inner surfaces showing brownish discoloration; the background is a pale off-white or light gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A09_447

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58.1Mo (1.0Mo) / 47.2cm x 30.8cm / 5577 x 3642 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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 Circa 1700 England Timepiece Height 6.5 cm width 6 cm dial diameter 4.5 cm weight 125 g open round metal container hinged lid shown interior right side tarnished brass brown dark greenish-brown patina small darker spots rim hinge areas worn silver-colored metal areas darker tarnish left side empty circular frame silver-colored metal inner surfaces showing brownish discoloration background pale off-white light gray.