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Watch in Pair Case

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This is a "quarter repeater" watch. The outer case is in red translucent enamel with blue accents.

#30000

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Watch in Pair Case with Classical Figures

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Embossed in high relief is a classical scene with Alexander the Great and others in a rococo border.

#24351

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Watch in Pair Case with Country Landscape

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John Henry Borrell signed his works with both his own name and that of his predecessor Marwick Markham. Much of his production was intended for sale in the Ottoman Empire. The numbers on the dial are "Turkish." A landscape is painted on the enameled case.

#34706

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Watch in Pair Case with Military Trophy

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This watch was made by Joseph Martineau, Senior, who was active in London between 1744 and 1794. It is likely that it was made for the Spanish market or a Spanish-speaking customer as the Spanish word "DESPERTADOR" is engraved on the back of the inner case. This can be translated to "alarm" or "alarm clock", probably a nod to one of the watch's functions. In addition, a watchpaper, or a paper label, has been retained between the inner and outer cases of the watch. This paper names Robert Cooper, a watch and clock maker in Gibralter. The reverse of the watchpaper is inscribed with the numbers 27 / 3 / 85, possibly indicating that the watch was repaired by Cooper in 1785.

#29940

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Watch in Pair Case with the Judgment of Hercules

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The outer, pair case is embossed with a scene of Hercules standing between Wisdom and Beauty. Manly, an immigrant to England from Augsburg, became King George III's favorite casemaker.

#10072

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Watch in Pair Case with the Triumph of Mordecai

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The case has been deeply embossed with the Triumph of Mordecai (an Old Testament story popularized in Jean Racine's 1698 drama Esther). The composition is taken from a cartoon (preparatory study) for a tapestry painted by Jean-François de Troy in 1739.The movement's backplate is inscribed "Perigal London no. 1501," referring either to John or Francis Perigal. The latter was watchmaker to King George III. The watchcase originally contained a printed sales ticket from Robert Cooper, a clock and watchmaker on the island of Gibraltar.

#18734

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Watch in Purple Glass Case

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Purple glass, like that in this watch, was popular in the 17th century because it resembled the semiprecious stone amethyst, which was believed to have protective qualities.

#20201

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Watch in Vase-Shaped Setting with Case

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The watch movement is contained in a silver-gilt, vase-shaped setting. On the back, a young woman reads to a man in a rustic setting.

#10144

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Watch in a double case decorated with a relief of Orpheus playing a violin with animals

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Gold case, pierced; loose outer case with oranamentation and relief on back of Orpheus playing a violin with animals Engraved gold dail. Hands set with brilliants.

#16568

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Watch in double case

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Figures in landscape

#30758

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Watch in double case; ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS

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PIERCED/ENGRAVED/REPOUSSE RELIEF

#16649

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Watch in the Form of a Skull

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This Victorian watch in the form of a skull seems to have been designed to remind the wearer of his or her mortality, although the in the nineteenth century novelty jewelry was very popular, so the meaning may have been more light-hearted. Inside the hinged jaw is a small watch.

#4492

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