THOMAS EARNSHAW, LONDON, CIRCA 1800

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Lot 127 | THOMAS EARNSHAW, LONDON, CIRCA 1800
THOMAS EARNSHAW, LONDON, CIRCA 1800AN OPENFACE SPRING DETENT POCKET CHRONOMETER, MOVEMENT NO. 535Gilt full plate movement with chain fusee, maintaining power and spring detent escapement, plates engraved 'Thomas Earnshaw Inv.t et Fecit, No. 535, London No. 2881', later silver engine turned case with London hallmark for 1843, mark of casemaker Samuel Saltmarsh, enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, signed 'THOMAS EARNSHAW / INV.T ET FECIT / No. 535', gold heart and pointer hands and blued steel seconds handSilver, brass and enamel55 mm. diameter Provenance A gift from Dr. Gwendolyn Pratt, 1969.
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