Silver pair cased watch by Benjamin Wolverstone
- maker:
- Benjamin Wolverstone
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Pair cased verge escapement watch by Benjamin Wolverstone, London, c.1670.
Silver dial with gilt engraved border and silver hour ring. In the centre of the dial is a silver alarm disk with steel pointer; the centre of this is filled with red wax. Steel hand with long tail. Oval balance-cock without rim. Worm and wheel set-up regulator with openwork cover. Signed on the movement ‘Ben Woluerstone Londini’.
Outer case covered in leather and studded with silver pins. Inner case made of pierced and engraved silver in a flower and foliage design.
Wolverstone was apprenticed in 1649, a Freeman of the clockmakers' Company in 1656 and died before 1690.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 43
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3118
- Materials:
- silver (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), leather and glass
- Measurements:
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watch: 58 mm x 51 mm x 32 mm,
outer case: 59 mm x 60 mm x 28 mm,
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
