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Fickur med skyddsboett och chatelaine samt etui

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Boett of gold, dial of enamel and works with spindle gait. Ground shell strongly convex, smooth, with a vulcanised outer edge; at the left side a piece from the edge a hole for the barrel. Glass frame smooth, with strong convex glass and with the charner at the upper edge, at the opposite a nail attachment. Bygel lying oval, with flat inside and two facade outside. The bracket in the shape of a round post, on whose upper end a round flat bud. Dial white, with black Roman h and Arabic minute figures, which are read from within, the latter at each hour figure. Between the digit rings minute streaks within two fine lines, inside the hourly figures a similar one. Viewer two, of gilded brass, broken through. The hour viewer with symmetric arc ornaments, from which a short tip is drawn; the minute viewer with an S-shaped ornament, from which a long tip is drawn. Action with round oroklove of gilded brass, broken through, with irregular stilised blades - and twig ornaments, on one side among these a dolphin head; in the middle a round disc (p. k. counter steel) of steel, attached with two blue screws, in the middle a faceted ruby. Ruckartavla of silver, rotatable, on this engraved Arabic numerals, 1 - 4, between these an outward-facing arrowhead, in the direction of a division of a cross stroke; the numbers between two narrow stripes. The work on the same scharner as the glass frame, at the opposite edge a spring hook with a through the board postponing nail print. Protective Boat: Driven and ciselled decor in rococo. On the bottom shell of the punched bottom a figure scene (PALLAS and two figures): In the middle PALLAS, sitting half to the left of a tall wall, the left leg over the right, on the left arm a shield, in the right hand a spear with the shaft supported against the wall, plym-adorned helmet true tunic. Below on the left a seated woman, facing to the right, in a week-long costume; on the right a half-lying man, facing forward, his left arm supported on volute-like ornaments, his right arm oblique to his knees, in weekly half-length dress. Calling the edge a frame of contiguous profiled arches. Glass frame wide, in decor as the frame on the bottom shell, around the upper edge a profiled strip. Calling the upper edge of the bottom shell and the lower edge of the glass frame a oblique protruding profiled strip, which moldings together form a sharply bought back. The Scharner at the left edge, at the opposite a spring hook with a protruding pressure knob on the glass frame a small knob shaped nail attachment. The bouquet lined with bright red silk. English work, London; watchmaker CHARLES CABRIER (more with that name worked in London during the 1700s, probably it is the one, who was admitted to the London Clockmakers Kompani in 1756 and was still active in 1777; see F. J. BRITTEN: , Fourth Edition, London 1919). Chatelaine: Of gilded silver with Scottish pearls. Jämbred, consisting of three large broken rococo ornaments. The lower in the middle with a seated faun, turned half to the left, the left arm extended to the right, the hand in the gap of a mascaron, in the right hand a wreath; down the back a sleeve, wherein a moving carabiner with screw nut. The middle with a naked woman (VENUS), seated half to the right in a snack, right elbow supported against the snail, left hand on the knee; to the right an obliquely hanging warehouse garland. The upper with a winged putto, facing right, blowing in a horn. The ornaments are interconnected by four short chains, the outer of round bars, the top of which is additionally connected by a mussel-shaped link; the inner chains with such a link between two round rings. At the top a three-sided piece, joined by the latter’s ornamentation through a scharner. The cross piece in decor similar to that of the ornamentant, in the middle with a man (NEPTUNUS), facing left, sitting on a large mussel ornament, left arm at the side, in the right hand an upturned oar. From the upper corner, a backwards curved smooth long hook (beltake) with pointed outer end, in each of the lower corners a drilled, slightly immature pearl, hanging in a chain like the previously described inner. Etui; (Original); Cuddly with uncoloured sheepskin, with edge stretcher on lid and bottom in blind print and with dark brown silk velvet. To the front the hook and the loop of brass.
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Title: Fickur med skyddsboett och chatelaine samt etui
Description:
Boett of gold, dial of enamel and works with spindle gait.
Ground shell strongly convex, smooth, with a vulcanised outer edge; at the left side a piece from the edge a hole for the barrel.
Glass frame smooth, with strong convex glass and with the charner at the upper edge, at the opposite a nail attachment.
Bygel lying oval, with flat inside and two facade outside.
The bracket in the shape of a round post, on whose upper end a round flat bud.
Dial white, with black Roman h and Arabic minute figures, which are read from within, the latter at each hour figure.
Between the digit rings minute streaks within two fine lines, inside the hourly figures a similar one.
Viewer two, of gilded brass, broken through.
The hour viewer with symmetric arc ornaments, from which a short tip is drawn; the minute viewer with an S-shaped ornament, from which a long tip is drawn.
Action with round oroklove of gilded brass, broken through, with irregular stilised blades - and twig ornaments, on one side among these a dolphin head; in the middle a round disc (p.
k.
counter steel) of steel, attached with two blue screws, in the middle a faceted ruby.
Ruckartavla of silver, rotatable, on this engraved Arabic numerals, 1 - 4, between these an outward-facing arrowhead, in the direction of a division of a cross stroke; the numbers between two narrow stripes.
The work on the same scharner as the glass frame, at the opposite edge a spring hook with a through the board postponing nail print.
Protective Boat: Driven and ciselled decor in rococo.
On the bottom shell of the punched bottom a figure scene (PALLAS and two figures): In the middle PALLAS, sitting half to the left of a tall wall, the left leg over the right, on the left arm a shield, in the right hand a spear with the shaft supported against the wall, plym-adorned helmet true tunic.
Below on the left a seated woman, facing to the right, in a week-long costume; on the right a half-lying man, facing forward, his left arm supported on volute-like ornaments, his right arm oblique to his knees, in weekly half-length dress.
Calling the edge a frame of contiguous profiled arches.
Glass frame wide, in decor as the frame on the bottom shell, around the upper edge a profiled strip.
Calling the upper edge of the bottom shell and the lower edge of the glass frame a oblique protruding profiled strip, which moldings together form a sharply bought back.
The Scharner at the left edge, at the opposite a spring hook with a protruding pressure knob on the glass frame a small knob shaped nail attachment.
The bouquet lined with bright red silk.
English work, London; watchmaker CHARLES CABRIER (more with that name worked in London during the 1700s, probably it is the one, who was admitted to the London Clockmakers Kompani in 1756 and was still active in 1777; see F.
J.
BRITTEN: , Fourth Edition, London 1919).
Chatelaine: Of gilded silver with Scottish pearls.
Jämbred, consisting of three large broken rococo ornaments.
The lower in the middle with a seated faun, turned half to the left, the left arm extended to the right, the hand in the gap of a mascaron, in the right hand a wreath; down the back a sleeve, wherein a moving carabiner with screw nut.
The middle with a naked woman (VENUS), seated half to the right in a snack, right elbow supported against the snail, left hand on the knee; to the right an obliquely hanging warehouse garland.
The upper with a winged putto, facing right, blowing in a horn.
The ornaments are interconnected by four short chains, the outer of round bars, the top of which is additionally connected by a mussel-shaped link; the inner chains with such a link between two round rings.
At the top a three-sided piece, joined by the latter’s ornamentation through a scharner.
The cross piece in decor similar to that of the ornamentant, in the middle with a man (NEPTUNUS), facing left, sitting on a large mussel ornament, left arm at the side, in the right hand an upturned oar.
From the upper corner, a backwards curved smooth long hook (beltake) with pointed outer end, in each of the lower corners a drilled, slightly immature pearl, hanging in a chain like the previously described inner.
Etui; (Original); Cuddly with uncoloured sheepskin, with edge stretcher on lid and bottom in blind print and with dark brown silk velvet.
To the front the hook and the loop of brass.

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