24th May, 2023 11:00

European Works of Art

 
Lot 264
 

264

A VICTORIAN GOLD HUNTER POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1891

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