Clock-watch and outer leather case
Record status
Individual type · partial
This object is a circular clock-watch housed in an inner silver case accompanied by an outer case. The silver watch case features intricate piercing and foliage engraving. On its back, it bears inscriptions recording the dates of law terms, the names of the months, and dates of recurring religious festivals and saints' days. It features a silver dial fitted with a central alarm-dial alongside steel hour and minute hands.
The internal movement includes a balance-cock made of gilt brass that is pierced and engraved with foliate motifs. The protective outer case is covered in black shagreen with an interior leather lining, decorated with rows of pierced holes fitted with brass eyelets. The watch bears the signature inscription "Eduardus East Londini".
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Clock-watch: silver, steel, and gilt-brass with piercing and engraving. Outer case: black shagreen with leather lining, piercing.
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Research required; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: Signed "Eduardus East Londini"; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- Unknown
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Clock and watch case
- Museum object number
- 366-1907
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.