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XII.44 Double-case watch
Maker:William Sharp
Place:London
Date:early 18th cent.
Materials:silver, tortoiseshell, brass
Dimensions:clock diameter 48 mm; thickness (with glass) c. 29 mm; outer-case diameter 54 mm
Current inventory:3848
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Watch with silver inner case and brass outer case covered in red and brown tortoise-shell with silver inlays; the back carries a very delicate silver-line inlay showing a landscape with a house, a tree, and a dog. The scene is enclosed in leaf and flower volutes with a dragon's head. The sides and lunette are studded with silver nails. The hands are of burnished steel. The movement has a chain fusee and verge escapement.

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