Pocket watch with automaton
Pocket watch with automaton
England, London
Circa 1810
Watchmaker Ilbery W.
Steel, brass, glass, enamel, gold, pearls; mechanical works, enamel, painted enamel, engraving, guilloché (engine turning)
Engraved on the cuvette inner side: “Ilbery/LONDON”
Pocket mechanical watch, with automaton, in an open gold case, with a stem and suspension ring, with a hinged back cover and cuvette. The front side is covered with a convex glass surrounded by a row of pearls. Small dial with white enamel field, Arabic hour numerals, minute divisions, Arabic quarter-hour interval indexes, and two thin blued hands is in the upper part.
7027MCA432/ДПИ