A WILLIAM WEBSTER GOLD PAIR CASE VERGE ESCAPEMENT

Description: A WILLIAM WEBSTER GOLD PAIR CASE VERGE ESCAPEMENT
Gilt fullplate movement with fusee, engraved balance bridge cock with diamond endstone. Verge escapement. The fullplate signed WM Webster Exchange Alley. The inner case marked 'TV' with serial number 3033. Bearing the hallmarks for London, 1769. The face with white enamel dial, roman numerals and blued beetle and poker hands. The outer case verso with elaborate engraving depicting Britannia sat with the City of London behind her, across the Thames in relief. Hallmarks rubbed.
18th century.
Diameter: 48mm

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, 18th December 1986
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above