GEORGE GRAHAM (1673 - 1751): - No. 485 A FINE GEORGE I GOLD PEAR-CASED POCKET WATCH
with a repeating key wound chain fusee movement and a gold champlevé Graham dial with black Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute chapter ring and blued steel hands, the pierced outer case with floral and bird decoration and landscape vignettes, the inner case similarly decorated, numbered 485 on the case and the movement, the case with the makers mark WS for William Sherwood, circa 1720, the case c.50mm diam; with an associated 9ct gold pocket watch chain and gold plated fob in the form of a ships wheel
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£5,000 - £8,000
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£17,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: The notable clock collector Henry Summers,
Sir Geoffrey Summers and thence by descent
George Graham is credited with inventing the mercury pendulum and initiated several design improvements to the pendulum clock. He was made a Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1722.
