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Quarter repeating watch
Artist: Thomas Mudge (1715 - 1794)
Location: British Museum
Date: 1756 - 1757
Materials: gold, enamel, brass & steel
Dimensions: 6 x 5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £90,000)
Vendor: Terence Cuss
Review number: 4301 (1996)
Description:
Grande-sonnerie quarter repeating watch, believed to have been made to fit into the end of a walking cane head. At a later date, possibly as early as 1842, the watch was rehoused in a gold basket.
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