20th Mar, 2015 9:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale

 
  Lot 172
 

172

A Rare Quadruple Cased Silver Tortoiseshell Verge Pocket Watch made for the Turkish market,...

A Rare Quadruple Cased Silver Tortoiseshell Verge Pocket Watch made for the Turkish market, signed Edward Prior, London, No.77126, 1866/1867, gilt fusee movement, enamel dial with Turkish Arabic numerals, beetle and poker hands, plain silver inner case with London hallmark for 1867, the second outer case with London hallmark for 1866, tortoiseshell and silver third case decorated with pique silver pins to the borders, leather shell shaped fourth case with velvet lining, 72mm wide

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £1,800


 

29.01.15, Both silver cases with surface scratches, inner case with a London hallmerk for 1867, second outer case with a London hallmark for 1866, tortoiseshell case with small chips in parts and some pique pins missing, some minor cracks and surface scratches, fourth case with small splits to the leather and rubbing to the ribbed top surface, dial with a faint hairline crack, movement is complete and in going order.

 


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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale, 20th Mar, 2015

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