A VERY FINE GOLD TRIPLE CASED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH WITH FINE REPOUSSE SCENE BY HENRY MANLY
1745 NO 307 gold, gilt metal, fish skin diameter 53 mm , • gilt full plate movement, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved masked balance cock, diamond endstone, fusee and chain, round baluster pillars, repeating on a bell • white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, blued steel beetle and poker hands • inner case with winding square on rear above engraved star decoration, engraved scenic landscape below the stem with trees and buildings, band pierced and engraved, decorated with birds, dolphins' heads, a squirrel and foliage, grotesque mask at 6 o'clock • case back chased with repoussé scene depicting A Classical Wedding, foliate pierced and engraved bezels, outer gilt metal fish skin covered case, with studded bezels, repoussé case signed Manly F (Henry Manly) 1698 - c.1773, inner case marked either JG for James Gray or TG for Thomas Goore, numbered 307 below stem • movement signed Godfrie Poy, London, 307
