DAVID RAMSAY, LONDON, CIRCA 1620

Lot 110
25.05.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 110 | DAVID RAMSAY, LONDON, CIRCA 1620
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£ 15 000 – 20 000
DAVID RAMSAY, LONDON, CIRCA 1620A SINGLE-HAND PRE-BALANCE SPRING VERGE PENDANT WATCHSmall gut fusee movement with pre balance spring verge escapement and turned pillars, movement engraved 'David Ramsay, Scotus', engraved gilt and glass oval case, gilt dial with Roman hours and a single blued steel hand, engraved with town landscape to centre, trailing foliage and a fruiting basket to the borderGilt-brass and glass52.5 mm high; 29 mm. wide Provenance A gift from Dr. Gwendolyn Pratt, 1969. Literature COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:C. Clutton, G. Daniels, Watches, London, 1979, pl. 72, 73, 75, 78.C. Jagger, Royal Clocks, London, 1983, pp. 20-22.D. Thompson, Watches in the Ashmoleon Museum, Oxford, 2007, pp. 16-18.Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, Woodbridge, 2009, pp. 14-36.
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