07-16-201107-16-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
July 16, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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R. F. Cowderoy 18K Consular Hunter Case Watch

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Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2555MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 16, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

R. F. Cowderoy 18K Consular Hunter Case Watch, London, No. 3780, c. 1865, the case marked John H. Welsh, 271 Greenwich Street, 18 and 3780 depicting the "Washington Market" on the front within an engraved border terminating in a Federal shield at the bottom, the reverse of the case with a portrait of George Washington enclosed within a broad garland of leaves with a tied ribbon at the bottom marked GW, the cuvette beautifully engraved in part Presented to Mathew G. Chase by the Members of the Washington Market Social Club as a Token of Their Esteem, Feb. 22, 1865, enameled dial inscribed R. F. Cowderoy, London with Roman numerals and sunk seconds, movement dust cover engraved with maker's name and serial number, gilt plate fusee lever escapement movement with maker's name and 27 Charringtons Euston Road, London, engraved balance cock with bi-metallic balance and diamond endstone, dia. 50 mm.
Estimate $3,500-5,500

Keywords

London, Consular Hunter Case, R. F. Cowderoy 18K Consular Hunter, George Washington, Mathew G. Chase, Washington Market Social Club