John Ellicott | A Very Rare and Fine Yellow Gold Repoussé Pair Case Verge Watch, 1751

Movement No: 3573
Year: London, 1751
Calibre: Gilt full plate with chain fusée, pierced and highly decorative cock with the Green Man, pierced and engraved foot, pierced decorative pillars, signed
Dial: White enamel, Roman numerals, Arabic five minute divisions
Inner case: Incuse mark of JB, outside engraved inscription Elizabeth Pattison, 1748, Great Grandmother of Talfourd Ely
Outer case: 50mm, fine repoussé scene depicting "Psyche Crowning Cupid", signed Manly for Henry Manly
Accompaniments: An interchangeable gilt and horn outer case and shagreen outer protective case

The exceptionally fine repoussé scene on this watch is typical of the superb craftsmanship that was associated with John Ellicott's best made timepieces. Ellicott engaged one of the finest and most celebrated chaser and engravers, Henry Manley, (HM) who re-composed the highly romantic mythological story of Psyche and Cupid.

Henry Manley is recorded as being one of King George II most admired artists, and was known to have commissioned many exceptional pieces during the monarchs reign.

The Inner case of the watch is inscribed, and was once owned by Elizabeth Pattison, the Great Grandmother of the British archaeologist and classical scholar, Talfourd Ely of University College London.

John Ellicot，極罕有精細黃金雕金芝麻鏈機芯手動上弦懷錶，年份1751。