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Description: | A post medieval cast lead alloy watch face from a toy watch dating 1700-1750. This is a Forsyth & Egan (2005) Type 8 Design 1: a multi-component watch with a plain case, angular profile and integrally cast pendant loop. The surviving element here is the dial which would have been recessed and supported on an internal flange just below the rim of the case with the rim pushed over the edge of the dial. The dial plates have a plain outer band and a circumferential groove which encloses the chapter ring, and all are marked with engraved Roman hour numerals I-XII and slashes to indicate the half-hours. A plain inner band encircles the dial centre which is decorated with raised baroque scrolling around two cartouches, the upper inscribed HUX and the lower LONDON. The hand is missing. The centre of the dial is pierced to accommodate the single hand and the edges of the hole thickened to lift it above the decoration and facilitate rotation. There is an area of damage on the area around the number 2 that has partially removed an area of the face and part of the edge. The lead alloy has a has a golden appearance due to tin sulphides creating "nature's gilding". This watch face is very similar to no.12.43 illustrated in Forsyth & Egan (2005:372-3) dated 1700-1750. A very similar example is recorded on the PAS database see: LON-920A42Dimensions: thickness: 1.93mm; diameter: 38.08mm; weight: 10.30g.Reference: Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles and Trinkets. Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800. Unicorn Press, London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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