Sold for:
$830
$830
18kt Gold Massey Lever Watch by Litherland, Davies & Company, Liverpool, serial #9,898, circa 1820, tapered balance cock engraved with flowers and Patent on the table, serpentine foot inscribed Lever Detached , three wheel train with round steel balance, the fusee with maintaining power, white enameled dial with black Roman chapters and gilt spade hands, case stamped TH&JH (Thomas & John Helsby) and bearing the Chester hallmark for 1822, overall dia. 52 mm. In contemporary, but not original case, chip on dial at 2 o'clock, engine turned back quite rubbed.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
