keyless wind three-quarter plate English lever movement signed 'Langford / 13. Gresham St. CENTRAL POST OFFICE LONDON', white enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed 'LANGFORD / 13 GRESHAM STREET / LONDON', hunting cased, the cover with entwined initials EHB, the back inscribed 'Edith', numbered to cover, back and movement '697', 18 carat gold hallmarks for Joseph Walton, London, 1891, 4cm diameter
Provenance: Edith Harriette Brookes (née Jarvis, 1872-1940), who married Gerald Remfry Brookes in 1894 (see footnote to previous lot); thence by family descent to the vendor
Sold for £900
keyless wind three-quarter plate English lever movement signed 'Langford / 13. Gresham St. CENTRAL POST OFFICE LONDON', white enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed 'LANGFORD / 13 GRESHAM STREET / LONDON', hunting cased, the cover with entwined initials EHB, the back inscribed 'Edith', numbered to cover, back and movement '697', 18 carat gold hallmarks for Joseph Walton, London, 1891, 4cm diameter
Provenance: Edith Harriette Brookes (née Jarvis, 1872-1940), who married Gerald Remfry Brookes in 1894 (see footnote to previous lot); thence by family descent to the vendor
Auction: European Works of Art, 24th May, 2023