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BENJAMIN BARBER, LONDON

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BENJAMIN BARBER, LONDON
Silver watch with double case.
Silver inner case and tortoiseshell outer case. White enamel dial with Turkish numerals, external minute track. Chiseled and pierced cockerel movement, verge escapement, fusee and chain, setting disc.
Benjamin Barber, London, 18th century for the Ottoman market.
Diameter : 74 mm (double case)
Gross weight : 203 g (double case) (Sold as is, traces of wear, movement does not work, plan to have it completely overhauled)
An identical model is preserved in the Victoria Museum in Australia (ST 11 858).
Donation from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on August 11, 1919.