Watch with a Marriage Celebration

Gold watch with two outer cases. Marked on the movement plate: Wilter London 3006. On the gold outer case, a repoussé figurative scene of a marriage celebration. A young man (followed by an old man) steps before a woman, behind whom stands another woman. Between the main figures is a dog. The second outer case is made of tortoiseshell on copper (BK-NM-13197-2). Inside the case on a pasted-in piece of green paper: H.C. Fehr horlogemaker. Hoofdsteeg 11-136. Op de hoek van de houttuin, vroeger Steiger, Rotterdam in horlogien, pendules, muziekwerken, klokken (BK-NM-13197-1). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-13197; its record gives material recorded as tortoise shell, gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.3 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.