Verge Watch, by Monnier and Mussard, Geneva, c. 1760 | |||||||||||
| Inventory Number: | 11845 | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | Geneva Switzerland Europe |
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| Accession Number: | 1935-4 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Ring clasp and glazed outer case, with enamel-painted landscape on the back of the inner case. The scene shows a waterfall and river, with a man fishing, accompanied by a woman. The movement face is white enamelled with Arabic numerals and pierced hour and minute hands. The movement is of brass, steel and blued steel with a verge escapement; coqueret on balance-cover regulator-index on silver scale, adjusted by a key; ratchet and click mainspring regulator; quarter-repeating movement (bell); wound through the dial. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | "Monnier & Mussard" painted on face; "Monnier & Mussard [M with arrow] 7464" engraved on back of movement . | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by T. G. Barnett | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Barnett Collection | ||||||||||
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