Two Regency gilt metal fob seals with watch.
J. Richards
Category
Horology
Date
1763
Materials
Stone, Silk, Metal alloy, Silver
Measurements
20 x 17 x 27 mm; 51 mm (Diameter)33 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117749
Summary
Double cased silver pocket watch by J. Richards, London, with a black and white enamelled silver face, attached to a black silk ribbon with two pinchbeck fob seals, one missing its stone, and a simulated watch key. Hallmarked London 1763.
Full description
Two Regency gilt metal fob seals circa 1825. Seal one heavily embossed in gilt metal and mounted at the base with a plain polished cornelian plaque. Seal two the pedestal with scallop decoration the base deficient of its stone. Both seals attached by a black silk ribbon to a base metal bar and further suspending at the centre a Regency base metal watch key. Report by John Benjamin Honorary Jewellery Advisor August 2021.
Provenance
Believed to have been owned by or given to Ellen Terry (1847-1928) or her daughter Edith Craig (1869-1947) and came to the National Trust in 1939 when Edith Craig transferred Smallhythe Place (including buildings, land and contents) to the Trust
Credit line
National Trust (Smallhythe Place)
Marks and inscriptions
initials inscribed on back
Makers and roles
J. Richards, horologist